An overview of plastic waste generation and management in food packaging industries

LK Ncube, AU Ude, EN Ogunmuyiwa, R Zulkifli… - Recycling, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the years, the world was not paying strict attention to the impact of rapid growth in
plastic use. This has led to unprecedented amounts of mixed types of plastic waste entering …

[HTML][HTML] Global impacts of pre-and post-COVID-19 pandemic: Focus on socio-economic consequences

NTP Mishra, SS Das, S Yadav, W Khan, M Afzal… - Sensors …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract On March 11, 2020, the novel Corona virus disease (COVID-19), was described as
a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, the COVID-19 has not only …

What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan

C Chen, J Chen, R Fang, F Ye, Z Yang, Z Wang… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global pandemic caused by the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a dramatic
increase in medical waste worldwide. This tremendous increase in medical waste is an …

Biomedical waste generation and management during COVID-19 pandemic in India: challenges and possible management strategies

A Dehal, AN Vaidya, AR Kumar - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the massive generation of biomedical waste
(BMW) and plastic waste (PW). This sudden spike in BMW and PW has created challenges …

Challenges, strategies, and recommendations for the huge surge in plastic and medical waste during the global COVID-19 pandemic with circular economy approach

T Teymourian, T Teymoorian, E Kowsari… - Materials Circular …, 2021 - Springer
After December 2019, the globe was affected by a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that
causes severe respiratory illnesses, which is responsible for increasing environmental …

Convalescent-plasma-transfusion intelligent framework for rescuing COVID-19 patients across centralised/decentralised telemedicine hospitals based on AHP-group …

TJ Mohammed, AS Albahri, AA Zaidan, OS Albahri… - Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads across the world, the transfusion
of efficient convalescent plasma (CP) to the most critical patients can be the primary …

Challenges and actions to the environmental management of Bio-Medical Waste during COVID-19 pandemic in India

M Goswami, PJ Goswami, S Nautiyal, S Prakash - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 has engendered a global health crisis along with diverse impacts
on economy, society and environment. Efforts to combat this pandemic have also …

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

S Liu, J Zhang, B Niu, L Liu, X He - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to exponential growth in COVID-19 medical waste (CMW)
generation worldwide. This tremendous growth in CMW is a major transmission medium for …

From outbreak of COVID-19 to launching of vaccination drive: invigorating single-use plastics, mitigation strategies, and way forward

KP Das, D Sharma, S Saha, BK Satapathy - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
The unforeseen outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has significantly stipulated the use of
plastics to minimize the exposure and spread of the novel coronavirus. With the onset of the …

A comprehensive review of the application of plasma gasification technology in circumventing the medical waste in a post-COVID-19 scenario

R Kaushal, Rohit, AK Dhaka - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024 - Springer
The recent COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the world, is third in the last two decades. The
safety and precaution measures have led to the generation of a colossal pile of biomedical …