Anti-virus face masks litter Hong Kong's beaches

Manila Bulletin
Manila Bulletin
  • 4 years ago
Surgical masks are washing up in growing quantities on the shores of Hong Kong, a city that has overwhelmingly embraced face coverings to fight the coronavirus.

Conservationists say the masks are adding to already alarmingly high levels of plastic waste in the waters around the finance hub.

REUBEN EASEY, LOUIS MASSIE, CELIA CAZALE / AFPTV / AFP

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