A worker at the French start-up Plaxtil handles used masks as they are prepared for recycling into plastic to make other products. Credit: Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty Images In March, Seattle was ...

President Joe Biden’s plan to distribute 400 million free N95 masks rolled out Tuesday. Though the disposable N95s are better at preventing transmission of COVID-19 than single-layer cloth masks, they ...

With COVID-19 infection rates on the decline and more people receiving vaccinations, the end of the coronavirus pandemic feels like it's finally within reach. After more than a year of wearing face ...

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Throughout the pandemic, most people have thrown away their fair shares of face masks. But now, one university is working to make recycling masks a reality. The University of Wisconsin - Madison is ...

The Venetian launched a program to recycle surgical face masks used by guests and staff. The Las Vegas Sands Corp. resort says it’s the first Las Vegas-based property to develop such a program, which ...