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 …

Plastic waste associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Crisis or opportunity?

KS Khoo, LY Ho, HR Lim, HY Leong… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has a huge impact on the
plastic waste management in many countries due to the sudden surge of medical waste …

[HTML][HTML] Resource recovery and waste-to-energy from wastewater sludge via thermochemical conversion technologies in support of circular economy: a …

RR Bora, RE Richardson, F You - BMC Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Springer
With the rapid rise in global population over the past decades, there has been a
corresponding surge in demand for resources such as food and energy. As a consequence …

[HTML][HTML] Novel trends in plastic waste management

CI Idumah, IC Nwuzor - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Nowadays, there exists a global challenge confronting efficient management of municipal
solid wastes. Varying degrees of environmental challenges including regular release of …

Environmental impacts of post-consumer plastic wastes: Treatment technologies towards eco-sustainability and circular economy

S Chawla, BS Varghese, A Chithra, CG Hussain… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The huge amounts of plastic production (millions of tons) are carried out all around world
every year and EU is one of the biggest consumers of these products. In 2021, recycling rate …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on global waste management systems: a review

I Luhar, S Luhar, MMAB Abdullah - Journal of Composites Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unfortunately, nearly the whole world came to a standstill due to the coronavirus disease
2019, ie, the COVID-19 pandemic, which negatively and severely impacted almost all facets …

Repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste management: Challenges and opportunities

BN Kulkarni, V Anantharama - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global emergency and has raised social and
economic concerns which will also spill over to environmental issues. Amid this natural …

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 …

Challenges in handling COVID-19 waste and its management mechanism: A Review

BC Behera - Environmental nanotechnology, monitoring & …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19, the novel corona virus has become a household name. The global COVID-19
outbreak, become a pandemic in early 2020, and spurred millions of life across the world …

[HTML][HTML] Various advanced wastewater treatment methods to remove microplastics and prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to airborne microplastics

S Zahmatkesh, JJ Klemeš, A Bokhari, C Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and SARS-CoV-2 interact due to their widespread presence in
our environment and affect the virus' behaviour indoors and outdoors. Therefore, it is …