Current solid waste management strategies and energy recovery in developing countries-State of art review

AH Khan, EA López-Maldonado, NA Khan… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid waste generation has rapidly increased due to the worldwide population, urbanization,
and industrialization. Solid waste management (SWM) is a significant challenge for a society …

Implications of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution and carbon emissions with strategies for sustainability in the COVID-19 era

M Yang, L Chen, G Msigwa, KHD Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impacts of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution since its onset in December
2019 require special attention. The rapid spread of COVID-19 globally has led countries to …

Rubber waste management: A review on methods, mechanism, and prospects

H Chittella, LW Yoon, S Ramarad, ZW Lai - Polymer Degradation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Each year a large amount of worn synthetic and natural rubber is discarded. Due to the
complex three-dimensional structure, recycling, and degradation of rubber by natural …

Unlocking synergies between waste management and climate change mitigation to accelerate decarbonization through circular-economy digitalization in Indonesia

TA Kurniawan, C Meidiana, HH Goh, D Zhang… - Sustainable Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of popular destinations in Indonesia for tourism, Lombok Island has been confronted
with an overgeneration of solid waste recently. About 600 metric ton (Mt) of the waste is …

A review on emergency disposal and management of medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

H Zhao, H Liu, G Wei, N Zhang, H Qiao, Y Gong… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The surge of medical waste (MW) generated during the COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded
the disposal capacity of existing facilities. The timely, safe, and efficient emergency disposal …

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 …

A systematic and critical review of waste management in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises: future directions for theory and practice

N Derhab, Z Elkhwesky - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Waste management (WM) has received increasing attention in recent years in micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). However, a comprehensive understanding of the …

A comprehensive review on the production of alternative fuel through medical plastic waste

A Kumar, HS Pali, M Kumar - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to critically review the production of alternative fuels through medical plastic
waste. In the recent past, medical plastic waste has been disposed of and incinerated in the …

Biomedical waste management practices and associated factors among health care workers in the era of the covid-19 pandemic at metropolitan city private hospitals …

G Mitiku, A Admasie, A Birara, W Yalew - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Biomedical waste management is an important precondition to safeguard the
healthcare workers and community members, as well as the environment, from being …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the devulcanization technologies of industrially relevant sulfur-vulcanized elastomers

A Dorigato, D Rigotti, G Fredi - Advanced Industrial and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interesting thermomechanical properties of rubber materials have favored their
widespread application in many fields, with a consequent increase in the amount of worn …