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 …

Valorisation of medical waste through pyrolysis for a cleaner environment: Progress and challenges

G Su, HC Ong, S Ibrahim, IMR Fattah, M Mofijur… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted great shocks and challenges to the environment,
society and economy. Simultaneously, an intractable issue appeared: a considerable …

The removal of tetracycline from water using biochar produced from agricultural discarded material

J Hoslett, H Ghazal, E Katsou, H Jouhara - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
An issue of significant importance worldwide is the contamination of water with antibiotics
giving rise to antibiotic resistance in the environment. Antibiotics such as tetracycline are …

Abatement of hazardous materials and biomass waste via pyrolysis and co-pyrolysis for environmental sustainability and circular economy

KW Chew, SR Chia, WY Chia, WY Cheah… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The remarkable journey of progression of mankind has created various impacts in the form
of polluted environment, amassed heavy metals and depleting resources. This alarming …

A comprehensive review on the production of alternative fuel through medical plastic waste

A Kumar, HS Pali, M Kumar - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to critically review the production of alternative fuels through medical plastic
waste. In the recent past, medical plastic waste has been disposed of and incinerated in the …

Medical waste treatment technologies for energy, fuels, and materials production: A review

G Giakoumakis, D Politi, D Sidiras - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The importance of medical waste management has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic
because of the increase in medical waste quantity and the significant dangers of these …

Dynamic pyrolytic reaction mechanisms, pathways, and products of medical masks and infusion tubes

W Xu, J Liu, Z Ding, J Fu, F Evrendilek, W Xie… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Given the COVID-19 epidemic, the quantity of hazardous medical wastes has risen
unprecedentedly. This study characterized and verified the pyrolysis mechanisms and …

Circular economy in conjunction with treatment methodologies in the biomedical and dental waste sectors

M Antoniadou, T Varzakas, I Tzoutzas - Circular Economy and …, 2021 - Springer
In this review, life cycle assessment (LCA) principles are coupled with circular economy (CE)
in order to address LCA examples in the biomedical sector worldwide. The objectives were …

Adsorptive behavior of engineered biochar/hydrochar for tetracycline removal from synthetic wastewater

Y Jeganathan, T Asharp, K Nadarajah - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research, engineered biochar and hydrochar derived from paddy husk were
compared for the adsorption tetracycline (TC) in water effluents. Biochar was produced at …

Review on the influence of pyrolysis process parameters for biochar production with minimized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content

TT Mengesha, VR Ancha, LS Sundar… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the biomass pyrolysis polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a type of toxic-
organic pollutants is formed, and remains the production of biochar. Short comings of the …