A new life for discarded masks: Turning PPE into furniture

Oct. 8, 2021
In a recent video, the YouTube channel Brothers Make demonstrates how to turn plastic PPE into an all-weather bench.

If you’re like a lot of people, then you probably have a stockpile of disposable masks at your home, a collection of blue medical masks at your work, and your streets are littered with discarded masks. But what if you could give these masks a new use? What if you could recycle them into something useful, like a durable piece of furniture? In a recent video, the YouTube channel Brothers Make demonstrates how to turn plastic PPE into an all-weather bench.

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