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The Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the University Meical Centre Maribor are involved in a project that will make it possible to recycle rapid antigen tests. The single-use Covid-19 tests are currently treated as hazardous waste and incinerated, wasting €15,000 per million tests in plastic and gold.

"Very few people are talking about what is the percentage of microplastics in the air. There are many of them and it is natural for the people to inhale them," said pulmonologist Dr. Alexander Simidchiev, bTV reported.