Peterborough Paramedics and Fairhaven Long Term Care have teamed up for Earth Month, launching a pilot program to sustainably recycle their disposable masks.
This pilot program will save thousands of masks from ending up in our landfill.
It’s estimated that Fairhaven uses 500 masks a day, or approximately 15,000 a month, and that paramedics use around 220 a day, or 6,600 month.
Peterborough County’s Warden, Bonnie Clark, gave us some details on how the process works.
Audio PlayerFairhaven Long Term Care’s Programs & Support Manager, Rhonda Lustic, adds that their sustainable actions won’t stop here.
Audio PlayerThis program aims to keep over 21,000 surgical masks from ending up in landfills this month.
(Written by: Noah Lorusso)
