Reducing the Enormous Environmental Burden of Surgical Masks by Upcycling them to Liquid Fuel (IMAGE)

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Reducing the Enormous Environmental Burden of Surgical Masks by Upcycling them to Liquid Fuel

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, single-use polyethylene surgical masks are discarded by the millions every single day. This study proposes a sustainable method to convert this waste into a value-added product—liquid fuel—through pyrolysis.

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Professor Yong Sik Ok from Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

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