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Every month some 129,000 million disposable masks are now being consumed in the world due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, a mindboggling amount of potential rubbish.
But these masks are creating an environmental timebomb for the future, as research indicates that the disposable masks being used by most of the population can take up to 400 years to decompose if not managed properly.
In the specific case of Spain, the madri + d Foundation for Knowledge argues that if half of Spaniards used a new surgical mask a day, around 705 million would be consumed per month.
In view of this data, the LIBERA Project, created by the SEO / BirdLife and Ecoembes organizations with the support of the Reina Sofía Foundation, has launched the #NoAbandonesTusGuantesYMascarillas campaign to try and remind us all of the importance of not leaving masks on the ground in urban or natural environments, but diposing of them responsibly and the call to arms is being taken up by local councils, the image a campaign being run by Águilas council to support the message.
The objective is to prevent the masks used from becoming a new type of 'garbage' that, in addition to contaminating ecosystems, are a vector of contagion of SARS CoV-2 and a serious problem for fauna since some animals can ingest them or get caught in the rubber bands.
We have already seen disturbing footage of masks adding to the plastic soups floating in our oceans, being found in the digestive systems of birds, animals and mammals and washing up on our beaches.
For Miguel Muñoz, SEO / BirdLife coordinator of the LIBERA Project, we must “embrace science” to find the best way “to protect ourselves and our natural spaces”, while Sara Güemes, coordinator of Ecoembes, has warned of the importance of ensuring that masks are thrown into the grey rubbish containers because "their abandonment in natural environments has a very negative impact".
According to the conclusions of the third sociological study on "Attitudes towards garbage in nature" co-ordinated by the LIBERA Project, 68% of Spaniards claimed to be aware of the abandonment of waste in nature.
47% of the people who participated in the survey said that they collected any waste that is out of place, even if it was not their own; 33% said they drew attention if they saw someone dumping trash and 11% stated that removing rubbish thrown away by other people "is not their responsibility."
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