K Sar, P Ghadimi - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing rate at which goods ranging from food products to electronic products are consumed has led to rapidly increasing waste worldwide. This huge amount of waste poses …
Integrated smart waste management (ISWM) is an innovative and technologically advanced approach to managing and collecting waste. It is based on the Internet of Things (IoT) …
The lack of proper management of medical waste leads to environmental pollution and threatens the lives of communities. Good medical waste management means appropriate …
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is known as one of the most crucial activities in municipalities that requires large amounts of fixed/variable and investment costs. The …
M Erdem - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The process of collecting and transporting hazardous medical waste poses a potential threat to the environment and public safety. Furthermore, the waste management system faces …
The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed significant challenges to governments across the world. The increase in hazardous infectious waste (HIW) caused by the pandemic is …
Healthcare workers and nurses in Home HealthCare (HHC) are routed and scheduled to perform various services at patients' homes. These services often involve a combination of …
Abstract During the global Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the exponential rise in Hazardous Medical Waste (HMW) due to increased demand for personal protective …
The importance of medical waste management has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the increase in medical waste quantity and the significant dangers of these …