Shawn Toovey is a 51-year-old registered nurse who treats COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of St. Paul's Hospital. "This is kind of the star of the show here lately," he said, sitting in his art studio, holding up a purple cap from a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine bottle. "When I say medical waste, I don't want it to sound like it's icky," he said with a chuckle. His co-workers — whom he calls "battle buddies" — rallied around him to help collect even more plastic waste to feed his creative process. He also sought advice from Ontario nurse Tilda Shalof, who collected small bits of medical waste for decades.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2021 09:00 UTC