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Increase in mask litter at Singapore's parks and beaches
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Mask litter found in November by Waterways Watch Society, which typically conducts cleanups each week at Punggol Waterway Park, Jurong Lakeside Park and Kallang Riverside Park.
PHOTO: WATERWAYS WATCH SOCIETY
Conservation experts are becoming increasingly concerned with surgical mask litter all over the island.
Cleanup groups here have been picking up an average of four to five surgical masks during each clearing foray at local parks, beaches and neighbourhoods.
