Masks discarded at will become a nightmare for wild animals. What harm will these masks bring?

Maybe many people don't notice the used masks. If discarded at will, it will become a nightmare for wild animals and is not conducive to the control of the epidemic. An Englishman found that a seagull's feet were tied by a mask strap discarded by humans at will. This situation has been going on for a week. Finally, rescuers successfully helped seagulls out of trouble. It is not difficult to imagine that this seagull should be in dire straits without the help of rescuers. It was also found that on a hillside outside Malaysia, a young macaque was gnawing at a mask lost by human beings. Macaques themselves are relatively small. If this mask is swallowed, it is easy to suffocate.

These are just what we found, and there are many animals that we haven't found, which are being hurt by masks discarded by humans at will. With the development of the epidemic, masks have been completely integrated into everyone's life and become an indispensable thing in life, but many people throw away their used masks at will, causing environmental pollution. You know, most of the masks we use are plastic products. If this plastic product is put into nature, it may take decades to be completely digested. We have always stressed that in order to better protect the environment, it is forbidden to use plastic products, but throwing away masks at will destroy the environment and eventually it is very likely to bite humans.

Those discarded masks are not only a nightmare for wild animals, but also likely to endanger human health. If a patient in COVID-19 leaves a mask at random on the road, then the mask carries COVID-19 germs. Will more people be infected with this disease? I don't know if you still remember that when the epidemic was serious, some people picked up old masks and refurbished them, and then sold them to others at a low price. Although this is illegal, we can't guarantee that people will continue to do this kind of morally bankrupt thing in the future. So if we can handle it properly, the masks we throw away will be a good thing for both humans and animals.

It is really difficult for individuals to handle it, because it must be treated harmlessly, disinfected first and then burned. If the individual does not handle it properly, it is likely to lead to the spread of germs. So this kind of thing should still be handled by the relevant departments. You can set up a place for centralized treatment of discarded masks in each community, and then send these masks in for unified treatment. I think we can manage the harm caused by these masks in this way.