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I am afraid, that environmental topics will drown in current pandemic. There will be millions units of medical safety equipment disposed in coming months. Proba
by lnsru 7y ago
I am afraid, that environmental topics will drown in current pandemic. There will be millions units of medical safety equipment disposed in coming months. Probably this will be incinerated since contaminated. It’s basically all sorts of plastic. Maybe this will push forward recycling industry to deal with large amount of plastic waste. Maybe not.
I can speculate, that more and more products in the stores will be wrapped to create safety feeling for the buyers. “Buy here, our food is well packed and clean!”
- Retric 7y agoEnvironmental issues always come down to scale. Disposing of excess medical equipment is a tiny issue relative to shutting down the economy.
- colechristensen 7y agoShutting down the economy and reduced pollution that resulted will far far outweigh increased medical supply disposal. Just go look at the skies in India and China.
- remarkEon 7y agoDisagree. If the pandemic becomes severe enough that supply chains are significantly disrupted, it may become easier to convince people that reusable materials are better than single-use plastics that are dependent on mass scale manufacturing overseas.
- ip26 7y agoWe've been down this road before, quite a few times. Once the crisis ends, everyone quickly returns to their old ways. I'm not that hopeful for a permanent shift away from disposable everything.