A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

T Ibn-Mohammed, KB Mustapha, J Godsell… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on the 11th
of March 2020, but the world is still reeling from its aftermath. Originating from China, cases …

Towards blockchain-based hospital waste management systems; applications and future trends

SMH Bamakan, P Malekinejad, M Ziaeian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective hospital waste management (HWM) has become a significant environmental and
green healthcare domain issue. In this regard, recent outstanding technological advances in …

Compromising situation of India's bio-medical waste incineration units during pandemic outbreak of COVID-19: Associated environmental-health impacts and …

PS Thind, A Sareen, DD Singh, S Singh, S John - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 induced pandemic situations have put the bio-medical waste (BMW)
management system, of the world, to test. Sudden influx, of COVID-infected patients, in …

Clinical solid waste management practices and its impact on human health and environment–A review

MS Hossain, A Santhanam, NAN Norulaini… - Waste management, 2011 - Elsevier
The management of clinical solid waste (CSW) continues to be a major challenge,
particularly, in most healthcare facilities of the developing world. Poor conduct and …

Multi-criteria evaluation of medical waste management process under intuitionistic fuzzy environment: A case study on hospitals in Turkey

S Çelik, İ Peker, AC Gök-Kısa, G Büyüközkan - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste management has come to the fore in the whole world with the increasing impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic along with concerns about human health, environmental threats …

Medical waste management in Turkey: A case study of Istanbul

ME Birpınar, MS Bilgili, T Erdoğan - Waste management, 2009 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to analyze the present status of medical waste management
in the light of the Medical Waste Control Regulation (MWCR) in Istanbul, the largest city in …

Hospital waste management in Libya: A case study

M Sawalem, E Selic, JD Herbell - Waste management, 2009 - Elsevier
In Libya, as in many developing countries, little information is available regarding
generation, handling and disposal of hospital waste. This fact hinders the development and …

Mask consumption and biomedical waste generation rate during Covid-19 pandemic: A case study of central India

D Singh, Y Aryan, D Chavan, M Tembhare… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid generation of biomedical waste (BMW) due to covid-19 pandemic has created
burden on the existing municipal solid waste management (MSWM) system in both …

Healthcare waste management research: A structured analysis and review (2005–2014)

V Thakur, A Ramesh - Waste Management & Research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The importance of healthcare waste management in preserving the environment and
protecting the public cannot be denied. Past research has dealt with various issues in …

[PDF][PDF] Awareness of biomedical waste management among dental professionals and auxiliary staff in Amritsar, India

RS Narang, A Manchanda, S Singh… - Oral Health Dent …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine awareness of biomedical waste (BMW)
management policies and practices among dental professionals and auxiliary staff in a …