In a factory south of Paris, a laser cuts through a hemp canvas on the production line of what the manufacturer says is Europe's first compostable face mask. Geochanvre pitches the hemp masks, priced at around one euro each, as a means to reduce the mountain of plastic waste from single-use protective gear that environmentalists say will take centuries to decompose and is already polluting the oceans.

Hemp: the solution to face masks pollution?

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