'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean

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'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean
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A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabed

Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution – adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life – after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across seabeds.

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