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Covid-19: Discarded PPE causing problems for street clean-ups

07:49 am on 24 August 2020

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Discarded latex gloves and disposable masks are making street clean-ups more hazardous for waste contractors and could lead to environmental problems downstream.

Meanwhile, the waste sector says households putting used PPE in the recycling is forcing them to send truckloads to landfill.

Ruth Hill reports.