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The very materials protecting us from COVID-19 infection over the last year could ultimately cause long-term harm to public health and the planet. Growing quietly in the background amid the chaos to respond to and contain the virus is the issue of medical waste – and its sheer volume – generated by the pandemic. A year after the virus hit the U.S., more than 390 million COVID-19 tests have been given. That s 390 million swabs, plus their packaging. In the country s more than 6,000 hospitals, healthcare workers have gone through multiple masks, gloves and protective gowns each day. Since mid-December, the U.S. has administered more than 167 million coronavirus vaccine doses, with each individual dose coming with a needle and syringe, and multiple doses coming with vials and packaging. ....