People are being warned to cut the straps from their disposable masks before putting them in the bin after hundreds of tangled animals had to be rescued during lockdown. While face masks have become ...

Masks are now a seemingly permanent staple of American life with no end in sight. Mask recommendations change like spring weather, from none to one to two or more, all based on flimsy evidence from ...

A while ago, Jennifer Mattei would walk the beach in Stratford and see it strewn with coffee cups, drinking straws and other items. But that’s changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Just walking the ...

The high demand for personal protective equipment amid shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have unintended consequences to the environment, as one European environmental group pointed out ...

As the world has become hyper-hygienic since the pandemic began, plastic is playing an oversized role in the world's environmental problems. This Earth Day, Stephanie Sy looks at how many of the ...