Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach

Table 3

Weight reduction percentage of PP mask pieces after 30-day treatment with Pseudomonas sp. on different media sources.

Media sources	Incubation period
	10 days (%)	20 days (%)	30 days (%)
Nutrient agar	1.88	2.3	3.28
Nutrient broth	2.88	4.13	5.37
BHM agar	1.3	1.95	2.20
BHM broth	1.87	2	2.45
MSM agar	1.2	1.76	1.84
MSM broth	1.63	1.90	2.1