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Discarded PPE filling up landfills and oceans

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Discarded PPE filling up landfills and oceans

Discarded PPE filling up landfills and oceans

In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the shortage of PPE left many frontline healthcare workers painfully vulnerable.

Now, the sudden mass production of PPE is adding to an already staggering amount of plastic waste in our landfills and oceans.

CNN’s Bill Weir reports.


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