Masks dumped at the countryside or the sea pose a huge threat to marine life and wildlife habitats. FMTNews
Gary Stokes, of marine conservation group Oceans Asia, shows masks that washed up on the beach of Soko Islands.
But huge numbers of the masks are not disposed of properly, and have instead ended up dumped in the countryside or the sea, where marine life can mistake them for food, washing up on beaches along with the usual plastic bags and other trash. Stokes cited the example of Hong Kong’s isolated and uninhabited Soko islands, south of its international airport.
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