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epa09467121 Recyclable Polyethylene Terephthalate or PET plastic bottles waste prepared to produce PPE suits at Wat Chak Daeng temple in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 14 September 2021. A Thai Buddhist temple recycles plastic bottles and transforms them into Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits. They are used by monks in temples during cremation ceremonies for COVID-19 victims, and are also donated to high risk people such as undertakers, scavengers, medical workers. According to the temple's abbot, one PPE suit is made of 20 plastic bottles. (KEYSTONE/EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT)