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

AK Das, MN Islam, MM Billah, A Sarker - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Healthcare waste comprises the waste generated by healthcare facilities, medical
laboratories and biomedical research facilities. Improper treatment of this waste poses …

[HTML][HTML] Updates on biomedical waste management during COVID-19: the Indian scenario

S Chand, CS Shastry, S Hiremath, JJ Joel… - … and Global Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomedical waste poses various health and environmental hazards. Hence, it should be
handled with the utmost care and disposed off safely. Several lacunas exist in the …

Current perspectives of biomedical waste management in context of COVID-19”

MR Capoor, A Parida - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic and it's consequent biomedical waste is an unprecedented challenge
worldwide. Biomedical waste generated during COVID-19 patient isolation, testing and care …

[HTML][HTML] Planning for disposal of COVID-19 pandemic wastes in developing countries: a review of current challenges

H El-Ramady, EC Brevik, H Elbasiouny… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The health sector is critical to the well-being of any country, but developing countries have
several obstacles that prevent them from providing adequate health care. This became an …

Impact of biomedical waste management system on infection control in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

JRS Selvan Christyraj, JD Selvan Christyraj… - The Impact of the COVID …, 2021 - Springer
The emergence of modern medicinal practices and diagnosis process has resulted in health
risks and threat to the environment, and thus it is a matter of global concern. However, the …

Impacts of COVID-19 outbreak on the municipal solid waste management: Now and beyond the pandemic

P Roy, AK Mohanty, A Wagner, S Sharif… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the municipal essential services, including municipal
solid waste (MSW) management. This study has reviewed the literature on MSW and solid …

Challenges and practices on waste management and disposal during COVID-19 pandemic

D Hantoko, X Li, A Pariatamby, K Yoshikawa… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a global emergency and also has raised issues with
waste management practices. This study emphasized the challenges of increased waste …

Can the human coronavirus epidemic also spread through solid waste?

MPG Mol, S Caldas - Waste Management & Research, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Wastes generated in healthcare facilities have been discussed and the World Health
Organization has proposed a guideline for controlling the spread of the virus that causes …

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

Y Liang, Q Song, N Wu, J Li, Y Zhong… - Frontiers of Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
It has been over ten months since the beginning of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-
2019), and its impact on solid waste management, especially medical waste, is becoming …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 waste management: Effective and successful measures in Wuhan, China

N Singh, Y Tang, Z Zhang, C Zheng - … , conservation, and recycling, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic and governmental policies to contain the spread of virus have
caused a global economic recession and have also generated an enormous amount of …