Covid 19-pandemic has been a driving force for development of better facemasks
During the Covid 19 –pandemic, everyone has become familiar with the different facemasks. Tremendous number of facemasks worn during the pandemic had effect on the waste treatment and caused littering problems. In the future, the directive of the single-used plastic may also concern the facemasks that are mostly produced out of the fossil-based polypropylene.
Working together with healthcare, design, technology and business trailblazers, we can develop next generation personal protective equipment that are sustainable, intelligent, safe and comfortable.