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Someone dumped gloves and face masks all over this Vancouver street (PHOTOS)

The Vancouver Park Board reminds everyone to keep local parks clean and safe by properly disposing of masks, wipes and gloves. 
Elana Shepert
Elana Shepert
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A variety of face masks, disposable gloves, and bags are strewn across the road beside the sidewalk. Photo: @johnrstreit / Twitter

While the City of Vancouver has directed locals to properly dispose of personal protective equipment, a number of recent photographs show that not everyone is following the instruction. 

For example, John Streit shared images from outside of the Haro Park Centre, which he mentions is the, "scene of one of the largest COVID-19 senior's care home outbreaks in the province." In the pictures, a variety of face masks, disposable gloves, and bags are strewn across the road beside the sidewalk.

The City of Vancouver tweeted that they have sent a request to the street cleaning team in order to get the mess cleaned up as soon as possible. 

Another Twitter account, @IliveInEastVan also shared pictures of disposable gloves and a face mask that that they came across while on a walk in Vancouver. They tweeted, "Another day, another walk, a different route and more of the same."

Scott M. shared images of the garbage he came across while hiking the BCMC on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. He notes he picked up two-and-a-half "doggy bags" worth of trash before he reached the halfway point of the trail. 

By the time he reached snow, he remarked that he was on his fourth bag of garbage, and that he had to stop every 10 to 15 meters to pick up more of it.  Physarum Connections shared an image of a discarded face mask, stating, "Just because many of us are using masks and gloves currently doesn't mean they have to end up left out as litter."

Peter Meizner also shared his dashcam footage from last month, which shows the amount of garbage near Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside. 

The Vancouver Park Board reminds everyone to keep local parks clean and safe by properly disposing of masks, wipes and gloves. 

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services add that residents should not store unwanted materials outside around their homes. If you have something to get rid of, put out and bring in your garbage/recycling bins close to the time the truck arrives/leaves.  

Earlier this month, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart called out the new kind of litterbug after posting photographs on Facebook of surgical gloves randomly strewn on a road and at an underground parking lot. He even asked, “Perhaps a $10,000 fine would be in order for discarding used masks/gloves?”