[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] Plastic pollution during COVID-19: Plastic waste directives and its long-term impact on the environment

M Shams, I Alam, MS Mahbub - Environmental advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Majority of the million tons of plastic produced each year is being disposed after single-use.
Plastic bottle, bags, food containers, gloves, and cup that end up in landfills and …

The COVID-19 pandemic face mask waste: a blooming threat to the marine environment

S Dharmaraj, V Ashokkumar, S Hariharan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the COVID-19 disease spread has emerged as a worldwide pandemic and cause
severe threats to humanity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) releases guidelines to …

Two decades of research on waste management in the circular economy: Insights from bibliometric, text mining, and content analyses

M Ranjbari, M Saidani, ZS Esfandabadi, W Peng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Achieving environmental sustainability and transition from a linear economy to a circular
economy (CE) highly relies on effective waste management (WM) and how waste is treated …

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

MS Haque, S Uddin, SM Sayem, KM Mohib - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown situation have shown both positive and negative
effects on the environmental aspects. With an unprecedented rate the different types of …

[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 …

Selection of the best healthcare waste disposal techniques during and post COVID-19 pandemic era

VK Manupati, M Ramkumar, V Baba… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, municipal authorities especially in the developing nations are battling to
select the best health care waste (HCW) disposal technique for the effective treatment of the …

Framework for PESTEL dimensions of sustainable healthcare waste management: Learnings from COVID-19 outbreak

V Thakur - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world economy at an unprecedented position and
protecting society from the infection is at the core of all measures. As the COVID-19 virus …

Comparative life cycle assessment of emergency disposal scenarios for medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

H Zhao, HQ Liu, G Wei, H Wang, Y Zhu, R Zhang… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic attracts concerns globally and leads to an exponential increase in
medical waste generation, and disposal of medical waste is an urgent need for preventing …

Clinical waste management under COVID-19 scenario in Malaysia

P Agamuthu, J Barasarathi - Waste Management & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Malaysia recorded 8904 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and 124 deaths as of 27
July 2020. Globally, everyday there are thousands of new cases of COVID-19 being …