An assessment of hospital wastewater and biomedical waste generation, existing legislations, risk assessment, treatment processes, and scenario during COVID-19

VK Parida, D Sikarwar, A Majumder… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals release significant quantities of wastewater (HWW) and biomedical waste (BMW),
which hosts a wide range of contaminants that can adversely affect the environment if left …

Circular economy-based environmental management using biochar: Driving towards sustainability

E Singh, R Mishra, A Kumar, SK Shukla, SL Lo… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in developing “circular economy” with the major goal of
eliminating waste by appropriate planning. Biochar has recently gained popularity in the …

Binational survey of personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environments: abundance, distribution, and analytical …

GE De-la-Torre, DC Dioses-Salinas… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present contribution, two nationwide surveys of personal protective equipment (PPE)
pollution were conducted in Peru and Argentina aiming to provide valuable information …

Plastic wastes in the time of COVID-19: Their environmental hazards and implications for sustainable energy resilience and circular bio-economies

PK Rai, C Sonne, H Song, KH Kim - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The global scope of pollution from plastic waste is a well-known phenomenon associated
with trade, mass consumption, and disposal of plastic products (eg, personal protective …

Towards environmentally sustainable management: a review on the generation, degradation, and recycling of polypropylene face mask waste

L Lyu, M Bagchi, N Markoglou, C An, H Peng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
There has been a considerable increase in the use of face masks in the past years.
Managing face mask waste has become a global concern, as the current waste …

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 …

Opportunities and challenges for the waste management in emerging and frontier countries through industrial symbiosis

EAB Cárcamo, R Peñabaena-Niebles - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of industrial and commercial activities in developing countries has
increased the amount of waste generated by economic activities, which has generated …

Digital skills as a significant factor of human resources development

J Stofkova, A Poliakova, KR Stofkova, P Malega… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Digital technologies play a key role in reviving the world economy. The EU has pledged to
combine recovery support with resilient digital transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic …

Current scenario of solid waste management techniques and challenges in Covid-19–a review

JN Jebaranjitham, JDS Christyraj, A Prasannan… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Abstract Annually, world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of solid wastes and it is expected to
generate 2.2 billion tonnes of solid waste by 2025. Globally double the amount of waste …

Review on waste-to-energy approaches toward a circular economy in developed and developing countries

S Rezania, B Oryani, VR Nasrollahi, N Darajeh… - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
International interest in using waste-to-energy (WtE) technology toward a circular economy
(CE) is developing, spurred by environmental challenges such as inefficient solid waste …