COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare solid waste management strategy – A mini-review

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 778, С. 146220 - 146220

Опубликована: Март 5, 2021

Healthcare waste comprises the generated by healthcare facilities, medical laboratories and biomedical research facilities. Improper treatment of this poses serious risks disease transmission to pickers, workers, health patients, community in general through exposure infectious agents. Poor management emits harmful deleterious contaminants into society. However, contamination highly contagious agents such as COVID-19 virus has created enormous instability handling subsequent recycling because volume its nature. Several countries have adopted safety measures combat manage waste; however, these are insufficient vary depending on context country. In addition, WHO set out guidelines for waste. These helping resulting from current pandemic. Proper may add value reducing spread increasing recyclability materials instead sending them landfill. Disinfecting sorting facilitates sustainable allows their utilization valuable purposes. This review discusses different solid strategies practiced countries, challenges faced during management, possible solutions overcoming challenges. It also provides useful insights scenarios pandemic a way forward.

Язык: Английский

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Repurposing of COVID-19 single-use face masks for pavements base/subbase

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 769, С. 145527 - 145527

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Occurrence of personal protective equipment (PPE) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic along the coast of Lima, Peru

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 774, С. 145774 - 145774

Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced waste scenario: A short overview

Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 9(1), С. 104660 - 104660

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2020

Язык: Английский

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Preliminary evaluation of the feasibility of using polypropylene fibres from COVID-19 single-use face masks to improve the mechanical properties of concrete

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 296, С. 126460 - 126460

Опубликована: Март 1, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Microplastics waste in environment: A perspective on recycling issues from PPE kits and face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Environmental Technology & Innovation, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 26, С. 102290 - 102290

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, extensive use of face masks and protective personal equipment (PPE) kits has led to increasing degree microplastic pollution (MP) because they are typically discarded into seas, rivers, streets, other parts environment. Currently, a negative impact on environment high-level fragmentation. Typically, MP can be detected by various techniques, such as microscopic analysis, density separation, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. However, there limited studies disposable PPE kits. A wide range marine species ingest MPs in form fibers fragments, which directly affect human health; thus, more research development needed effect health. This article provides perspective origin distribution waterbodies (e.g., ponds, lakes, seas) wastewater treatment plants, reviews possible remediation related excessive disposal aquatic environments.

Язык: Английский

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Repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on solid waste generation and management strategies

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 15(6)

Опубликована: Март 4, 2021

Язык: Английский

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A novel hybrid multi-criteria group decision-making approach with intuitionistic fuzzy sets to design reverse supply chains for COVID-19 medical waste recycling channels

Computers & Industrial Engineering, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 169, С. 108228 - 108228

Опубликована: Май 18, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Digital transformation of peatland eco-innovations (‘Paludiculture’): Enabling a paradigm shift towards the real-time sustainable production of ‘green-friendly’ products and services

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 838, С. 156328 - 156328

Опубликована: Май 29, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Medical Waste from COVID-19 Pandemic—A Systematic Review of Management and Environmental Impacts in Australia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 19(3), С. 1381 - 1381

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2022

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global medical emergency. unforeseen occurrence of this magnitude resulted in overwhelming levels waste and raises questions about management disposal practices, environmental impacts. amount generated from COVID-19 since the outbreak is estimated to be 2.6 million tons/day worldwide. In Australia, heaps single-use gowns, facemasks/face shields, aprons, gloves, goggles, sanitizers, sharps, syringes are disposed everyday as result pandemic. Moreover, establishment new home/hotel quarantine facilities isolation/quarantine centres various Australian states territories have increased risks transmission among people these likelihoods general becoming contaminated with waste. This warrants need examine practices implemented reduce spread virus. study reviews adopted Australia for dealing their impacts on public health environment. To achieve aims study, prior studies 2019-2021 databases collected analysed. focuses generation COVID-19, methods, current problems/challenges Considering enormous involved significance appropriate handling provides insights short long term responses towards managing Australia. contributes Australia's efforts against recommendations development workable sustainable strategies mitigating similar pandemics future.

Язык: Английский

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