Part III By Frachella

37/100 days of productivity •13/02/2024

I was feeling better yesterday but today.. so I’m sick again but I was productive. I went to study for a while in my garden to have a little natural vitamin d and telling myself that it was going to motivate me despite the fatigue and the feeling of being sick. No Mardi Gras for me.

• Mails

• Administrative stuff

• Epistemology humans sciences and social, research, definitions and plan of the assignment, with rerun of «  Who’s The Boss? » in the background.

• English exercises

• Duolingo: Portuguese

•Digital humanities taking notes

• Pedagogy research and lots of reading

Just remembered I have to read and annotate this before my morning class tomorrow, wish me luck!

ft. a green tea blend

𝔰𝔬 𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔱 🍵

𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔫, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔱

𝔇𝔬𝔫’𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔠𝔢 𝔦𝔱. 🍋

Why pineapple leaves are a promising candidate to replace plastic materials used in single-use masks

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use masks, putting pressure on global plastic waste problems.

A single face mask can release as many as 173,000 microfibers per day into the seas. According to a 2020 report by an environmental group OceansAsia, about 1.56 billion face masks entered oceans globally in 2020.

Face masks are made from combination of several types of plastic. There are several layers of plastic in one mask, primarily polypropylene, which are not easily decomposed and will remain in the environment for decades. It could take centuries for them to turn into smaller and smaller microplastics and nanoplastics.

As the mask wastes may contribute to plastic pollution, it may also accumulate and release harmful chemical and biological substances such as bisphenol A (BPA), which may have a carcinogenic effect, as well as heavy metals and disease-causing microbes. This is becoming a significant problem, particularly in countries with poor waste management. The race to find a sustainable solution for public health safety measures is urgent to reduce the global plastic problem.

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