Healthcare waste comprises the waste generated by healthcare facilities, medical
laboratories and biomedical research facilities. Improper treatment of this waste poses …

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 has had growing environmental consequences related to plastic
use and follow-up waste, but more urgent health issues have far overshadowed the potential …

Hospitals are important sources of pollutants resulted from diagnostic, laboratory and
research activities as well as medicine excretion by patients, which include active …

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 …

Background: Given the importance of human centricity, resilience, and sustainability, the
emerging concept of Industry 5.0 has pushed forward the research frontier of the technology …

Background: The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the partial lockdown, the disease
intensity, weak governance in the healthcare system, insufficient medical facilities …

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 …

Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the official name of a respiratory
infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus that started first in Wuhan, China, and …

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 …