RecyclingMonster - Used gloves and masks belong in the garbage — and nowhere else: not in the recycling, and not littered on local streets.
The town’s recycling provider, Giordano Company, is reporting that large amounts of such personal protective equipment are creating a hazard at its recycling plant, where workers must hand separate them from recycling loads during the coronavirus pandemic.
“My biggest concern is making sure the employees are safe,” said Tiffanie Nyzio, manager of Giordano Company. “We’re an essential service, and so we have to continue working. These people are fearful to come to work as it is, and when they see these items in the recycling, it scares them.”
The used masks and gloves could carry the coronavirus that they are intended to protect its users from, Nyzio said. The problem of poorly placed personal protective equipment, she added, significantly worsened after the CDC changed its guidelines on the use of masks, leading to their expanded use.
So Nyzio reached out to towns in the company’s service area, which encompasses municipalities in Union and Essex County. Mayors all along the Raritan Valley Line are reiterating that message.
“These belong on your face & hands NOT on the sidewalk, parking lots, train platforms or recycling. Please dispose of in the trash,” the Raritan Valley Line Mayors Alliance said in a Tweet Wednesday.
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