Disposable masks break into micro-sized plastic fibers that can take up to 450 years to decompose. (Photo: Getty Images) Despite most states ditching their mask mandates, and the Centers for Disease ...

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has a new disposable waste problem: face masks. In just the first few months of the pandemic, an estimated 129 billion disposable face masks were used each ...

Face masks are now part of our daily attire, with 129 billion being used globally each month. But we're still learning that some styles may be better than others. A new University of Waterloo study ...

A study from the University of Southern Denmark printed in March said there are an estimated 129 billion face masks used globally every month, which means there are 3 million masks being used per ...