Plastic packaging waste management in iceland: challenges and opportunities from a life cycle assessment perspective

Ó Ögmundarson, LS Kalweit, V Venkatachalam… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The management of plastic packaging waste is advancing quickly, and new strategies are
being implemented worldwide for better resource recovery. To assess the environmental …

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 …

SARIMA modelling approach for forecasting of traffic accidents

N Deretić, D Stanimirović, MA Awadh, N Vujanović… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
To achieve greater sustainability of the traffic system, the trend of traffic accidents in road
traffic was analysed. Injuries from traffic accidents are among the leading factors in the …

Management of COVID-19 healthcare waste based on the circular economy hierarchy: A critical review

EA Voudrias - Waste Management & Research, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The overall objective of this work was to conduct a critical literature review on the application
of the circular economy (CE) hierarchy for the management of COVID-19 healthcare waste …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Bringing trust and transparency to the opaque world of waste management with blockchain: A Polkadot parathread application

IJ Scott, M de Castro Neto, FL Pinheiro - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of countries are currently struggling with unsustainable levels of waste
production and low levels of recycling, particularly relating to household waste, and this area …

COVID-19, waste production and municipal recycling programs: Insights from Chile to the global south

VD Muñoz-Soto, S Dávila-Gálvez, AE Pérez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The amount and characterization of municipal and industrial waste generated in numerous
cities worldwide have changed dramatically in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 na geração de resíduos sólidos urbanos no município de Limeira (SP)

SB Silva, AC Bueno, MMD Orozco… - … Sanitaria e Ambiental, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
As medidas de distanciamento social derivadas da pandemia de COVID-19 alteraram os
hábitos de consumo dos cidadãos e, consequentemente, a quantidade e composição dos …

Global shocks and fiscal stimulus: a tale of an oil-dependent-exporting country

DI Okorie, B Lin - Financial Innovation, 2024 - Springer
Global shocks potentially distort economy's achieved equilibria. Considering the 2020
global crude oil price shock and the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic, this study …

[PDF][PDF] How COVID-19 pandemic affected medical waste management in Türkiye

F Akcam, Y Pamukoglu, E Uskun - Eastern Mediterranean Health …, 2023 - iris.who.int
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in medical waste in
hospitals. Aims: To evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting medical waste …