Mapping healthcare waste management research: Past evolution, current challenges, and future perspectives towards a circular economy transition

M Ranjbari, ZS Esfandabadi, T Shevchenko… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improper healthcare waste (HCW) management poses significant risks to the environment,
human health, and socio-economic sustainability due to the infectious and hazardous nature …

[HTML][HTML] Green reverse logistics network design for medical waste management: A circular economy transition through case approach

K Govindan, S Nosrati-Abarghooee, MM Nasiri… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lack of proper management of medical waste leads to environmental pollution and
threatens the lives of communities. Good medical waste management means appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Medical waste management during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: A mathematical programming model

K Govindan, AK Nasr, P Mostafazadeh… - Computers & Industrial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste (MSW) directly impacts community health and environmental
degradation; therefore, the management of MSW is crucial. Medical waste is a specific type …

Viable medical waste chain network design by considering risk and robustness

R Lotfi, B Kargar, A Gharehbaghi… - Environmental science and …, 2021 - Springer
Medical waste management (MWM) is an important and necessary problem in the COVID-
19 situation for treatment staff. When the number of infectious patients grows up, the amount …

Antifragile, sustainable and agile healthcare waste chain network design by considering blockchain, resiliency, robustness and risk

R Lotfi, H Hazrati, SS Ali, SM Sharifmousavi… - … European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study focuses on the most critical issue facing the COVID-19 pandemic: Healthcare
Waste Management (HWM). With the increase in patient numbers, effective HWM becomes …

[HTML][HTML] Social, political, and technological dimensions of the sustainability evaluation of a recycling network. A literature review

P Santander, FAC Sanchez, H Boudaoud… - Cleaner Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development and implementation of recycling networks seems to be a promising way to
cope with and mitigate the environmental problems of waste. As a mandatory condition …

Designing reverse logistics network for healthcare waste management considering epidemic disruptions under uncertainty

S Nosrati-Abarghooee, M Sheikhalishahi… - Applied Soft …, 2023 - Elsevier
Population growth and recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and many other man-made
or natural disasters all around the world have considerably increased the demand for …

A mathematical model for designing a network of sustainable medical waste management under uncertainty

NM Joneghani, N Zarrinpoor… - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Medical waste generation is on the rise in most societies due to population growth, ease of
access to healthcare, and wide-ranging healthcare services. Given this concern, it would be …

Reverse logistics research of municipal hazardous waste: a literature review

C Xin, J Wang, Z Wang, CH Wu, M Nawaz… - Environment …, 2022 - Springer
The reverse logistics of municipal hazardous waste (RLMHW) have received close attention
from researchers and practitioners alike, given the essential impact of safe transportation …

A new fuzzy bi-objective mixed-integer linear programming for designing a medical waste management network in the Coronavirus epidemic: a case study

M Shaerpour, M Azani, A Aghsami… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased medical assistance and service demand,
necessitating the development of a comprehensive model for managing medical waste …