“It’s unprecedented. A cold stun like this could have the potential to wipe out decades of hard work, and we’re going through it with no power and unique, more catastrophic challenges to our efforts,” said Wendy Knight, the executive director of Sea Turtle, Inc.

Using soap and water is the best way to prevent coming in contact with COVID-19– all other sanitary methods are secondary.

Residential waste, or waste from one’s home, has drastically increased, with online shopping and the ban of reusable bags at supermarkets generating more waste than usual.