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By David Goldberg
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our health care system and economy. It’s also impacted
our mission to protect the environment and cut down on plastic pollution. According to a government
study, Canadians produced nearly three-million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016. Now, think about the
millions of masks, gloves and hand sanitizer bottles being pitched into landfills this year during the
COVID-19 pandemic. As humanity faces this health crisis, it is turning a blind eye to another equally
pressing matter, the destruction of our oceans. Optimistically, many players in the eyecare industry are
owning the call to action and taking bold steps to reduce plastic waste today and in the future.
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