COVID-19 pandemic.After seeing an abundance of improperly discarded face masks scattered around the city, they collected a total of 1,253 face masks–both disposable and reusable– within the span of four hours.“I wish it was less,” said Will Woods, one of the community members who took part on the weekend. “I really wish it was less.
But knowing the numbers are there, it kind of blows my mind.”Woods said he first noticed the problem during a walk to work, where he was able to collect 16 face masks in one single cluster.Non-medical masks to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus have been recommended to Canadians since May 2020.