Official: Disposable masks wash into storm drains and end up in bay; serious threat to marine life
Disposable PPE is now littering coastlines around New Jersey, and Ocean County Commissioner Joseph Vicari says things such as masks wash into storm drains and end up in the bay, posing a serious threat to marine life.
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Apr 15, 2021, 11:37 AM
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coastlines around New Jersey, and Ocean
County Commissioner Joseph Vicari says things such as masks wash into storm
drains and end up in the bay, posing a serious threat to marine life.
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Vicari is asking
people to dispose of them properly and buy reusable cloth masks.
The masks are joining a long list of plastics, including bottles and
bags, which wash into storm drains and end up in the bay.
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