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DISPOSABLE MEDICAL MASKS WILL BE USED TO MAKE ROADS IN AUSTRALIA

... is noted that over the past year, the production of medical masks has increased at least hundreds of times. Billions of people around the world wear masks, and with the need to change them every few hours, a huge amount of waste material is created. Scientists have found a way to put the masks to use. They calculated that 3 million medical masks could be used for making a two-lane 1 km road, which is about 93 tons of waste. Roads can be built with a mixture of construction waste and shredded masks. The road material becomes more rigid and durable with medical masks added into it. At the same time, it was noted that waste can be used for the construction of sidewalks. It ...

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