The government have stated that they intend to burn around 4 billion dollars’ worth of PPE so that they can generate power. This is a move that has been largely criticised by the spending watchdog as being shameful and this shows that the haphazard buying strategy did not work at all. Unusable PPE is going to be burnt and this is because the DHSC has lost around 75% of the £12 billion that they have spent by simply paying inflated prices and receiving PPE that did not meet all of the right safety requirements. The DHSC has written £8.7 billion off the face value, for the £12 billion that they spent on PPE. This was during the first year of the pandemic. There is also going to be around £4 billion that is not going to be used by the NHS. It is now in storage. The report has been published and they have found that there is no clear disposal strategy for this. They intend to generate power from the PPE that they are burning but at the end of the day, it would be surprising to see if this is the case.  The PAC has warned that the cost and the environmental impact that stems from disposing of excess PPE is not good and that this just goes to show how poor the pandemic response was in general. The PAC report has asked the DHSC to state how they are going to dispose of this much PPE and how they are going to curb the environmental impact of this. Not many people are happy with the decision. The PPE would have gone from those who work in homecare to private nursing. It would have also helped social workers and those who offer bespoke care packages. It would have even gone to those who work in mental health, had it met the right regulations.