Mysterious pile of ‘dumped’ PPE angers people in New Forest

Inquiry launched by Environment Agency into huge pile of medical aprons found in Calmore, Hampshire

The “dumping” of hundreds of thousands of pieces of unused personal protective equipment near a nature reserve on the edge of the New Forest has mystified and angered local people.

But the council has now revealed that the giant pile of boxes containing medical aprons is being stored on the land in Calmore, Hampshire, before the aprons are recycled into plastic bags.