Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case

FG Torres, GE De-la-Torre - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has driven massive consumption of personal protective
equipment (PPE) worldwide. Single-use face masks are one of the most used PPE to …

An urgent call to think globally and act locally on landfill disposable plastics under and after covid-19 pandemic: Pollution prevention and technological (Bio) …

ALP Silva, JC Prata, AC Duarte, D Barcelò… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landfilling and illegal waste disposal have risen to deal with the COVID-19 potentially
infectious waste, particularly in developing countries, which aggravates plastic pollution and …

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox's Bazar, the longest natural beach in the world

MRJ Rakib, GE De-la-Torre, CI Pizarro-Ortega… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The extensive use of personal protective equipment (PPE) driven by the COVID-19
pandemic has become an important contributor to marine plastic pollution. However, there …

Waste management beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Bibliometric and text mining analyses

M Ranjbari, ZS Esfandabadi, S Gautam, A Ferraris… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for
personal protective equipment, in particular face masks, thus leading to a huge amount of …

A review of disposable facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on microplastics release

H Jiang, D Luo, L Wang, Y Zhang, H Wang, C Wang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 epidemic seriously threats the human society and provokes the panic of the
public. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are widely utilized for frontline health workers …

Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Asim, M Badiei, K Sopian - Environmental technology & innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only human health and economies but also the
environment due to the large volume of waste in the form of discarded personal protective …

Disposable over reusable face masks: public safety or environmental disaster?

JC Prata, ALP Silva, AC Duarte, T Rocha-Santos - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many governments have imposed the public use of face masks and they are now moving
towards enforcing disposable masks to abate COVID-19 transmission. While disposable …

Multifunctional carbon fibers from chemical upcycling of mask waste

M Robertson, A Güillen Obando, J Emery, Z Qiang - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past years, disposable masks have been produced in unprecedented amounts due
to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their increased use imposes significant strain on current waste …

Assessing face masks in the environment by means of the DPSIR framework

YT Tesfaldet, NT Ndeh - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of face masks outside the health care facility dates back a century ago. However,
face masks use noticeably soared due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) …

Sustainable solution for plastic pollution: Upcycling waste polypropylene masks for effective oil-spill management

J Saleem, ZKB Moghal, RA Shakoor… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of Polypropylene PP in disposable items such as face masks, gloves, and personal
protective equipment has increased exponentially during and after the COVID-19 pandemic …