Photo credit: Rick Weisfeld
Gowanus resident Rick Weisfeld sent us the photo collage of discarded latex gloves and mask a few days ago in an email entitled: "Finding beauty at this time?"
He added:
"I guess these days the least of our problems will be the thousands of used gloves clogging the canal, waterways in general and sewage treatment plants."
Rick's photo of the gloves certainly speaks of our new Coronavirus reality and captures a moment in time during this pandemic. But we were wondering where he had come across all these latex gloves.
Well, it turns out, they are EVERYWHERE!
Today, my husband and I took a walk on Court Street from President Street to Atlantic Avenue and found a grand total of 40 used gloves and two used masks littering the streets of our neighborhood.
What's wrong with people? Isn't the pandemic bad enough? Is this a thing now? We can't discard our (perhaps contaminated) protective gear in a trash cans?
Below are just a few of the ones that we came across.
Below are just a few of the ones that we came across.
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