Handkerchief or tissue? Which one's better for our health and the planet?
- Written by: Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
ShutterstockMaybe you have hay fever, COVID, a cold or the flu, and are reaching for a tissue or handkerchief.
But which one’s better at stopping infections spreading? Which has a smaller environmental impact? Is it the hanky, which has been with us since at least Roman times? Or the more recent and widely-used paper tissue?
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