[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Geneviève Côté, a spokeswoman for Roberge, said young people are very sensitive to environmental issues, and the government is confident the masks won’t end up polluting the environment.“Companies, many of which are from Quebec … offer the recovery and treatment of disposable masks,” Côté said.The federation representing Quebec school administrations says the recovery effort could have been organized before students returned to class.Only some schools have boxes available to collect soiled masks, Nicolas Prévost, the federation’s president, said.