COVID-19's environmental impacts: Challenges and implications for the future

L Ang, E Hernández-Rodríguez, V Cyriaque… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Strict measures have curbed the spread of COVID-19, but waste generation and movement
limitations have had an unintended impact on the environment over the past 3 years (2020 …

Evolution of COVID-19 municipal solid waste disposal behaviors using epidemiology-based periods defined by World Health Organization guidelines

TS Mahmud, KTW Ng, N Karimi, KK Adusei… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to identify the effects of continued COVID-19 transmission on waste
management trends in a Canadian capital city, using pandemic periods defined from …

A Systematic Review of the Latest Research Trends on the Use of Satellite Imagery in Solid Waste Disposal Applications from 2012 to 2021

N Karimi, KTW Ng, TS Mahmud, KK Adusei, S Kerr - Environments, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is currently no review article on the role of remote sensing (RS) tools on waste
disposal site (WDS) applications. Permanent waste disposal is the world's most commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Development of municipal solid waste management guidelines in biological crisis based on international experiences and considering local techno-economic …

S Najafi, F Khosravani, M Yousefi, J Jandaghi… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In addition to health consequences, the Covid-19 pandemic has had important effects on the
environment and lifestyle. Municipal solid waste management faced serious challenges due …

A cross-jurisdictional comparison on residential waste collection rates during earlier waves of COVID-19

TS Mahmud, KTW Ng, MM Hasan, C An… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is currently a lack of studies on residential waste collection during COVID-19 in North
America. SARIMA models were developed to predict residential waste collection rates …

Development of a regional solid waste management framework and its application to a prairie province in central Canada

N Karimi, KTW Ng, A Richter - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Landfilling continues to be one of the most popular waste treatment methods in Canada or
abroad. NIMBYism has forced waste facilities to be sited further from populated centers …

A multi-jurisdictional study on the quantification of COVID-19 household plastic waste in six Latin American countries

NP Requena-Sanchez, D Carbonel, L Demel… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
This study examines urban plastic waste generation using a citizen science approach in six
Latin American countries during a global pandemic. The objectives are to quantify …

Modeling of municipal waste disposal behaviors related to meteorological seasons using Recurrent Neural Network LSTM models

KK Adusei, KTW Ng, N Karimi, TS Mahmud… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The literature suggests that long short-term memory (LSTM) paired with recurrent neural
network (RNN) can better express long-and short-term reliance of a data set. The study …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of construction and demolition waste disposal behaviors during COVID-19 using satellite imagery

S Ray, KTW Ng, TS Mahmud, A Richter… - Environmental and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted conventional municipal solid waste (MSW) management
practices and affected waste generation rates. While MSW streams have been extensively …

Variability of the treated biomedical waste disposal behaviours during the COVID lockdowns

P Kumari, TS Mahmud, KTW Ng, R Chowdhury… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Literature review suggests that studies on biomedical waste generation and disposal
behaviors in North America are limited. Given the infectious nature of the materials, effective …