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COVID-19 Pandemic Has Led To More Ocean Plastic Pollution

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Discarded used medical face mask along with other plastic debris lies on the seabed. Becici, Budva Municipality, Montenegro
BECICI AND BUDVA, BUDVA MUNICIPALITY, MONTENEGRO – JULY 31, 2020: Plastic and other garbage polluting in the Adriatic Sea. Used medical face masks discarded after COVID-19 on the beach and falls into the sea, drifts underwater along with plastic debris and settle at the bottom, approaching an ecological catastrophe. Discarded used medical face mask along with other plastic debris lies on the seabed. – PHOTOGRAPH BY Andrey Nekrasov / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

The coronavirus has worsened the amount of plastic polluting the world’s oceans.

That’s according to Dave Ford, founder of the environmental literacy organization SoulBuffalo and the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network, a group that brings activists and the industry together to develop solutions to ocean plastic pollution.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/10/12/plastic-pollution-coronavirus

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