Bioplastics for a circular economy

JG Rosenboom, R Langer, G Traverso - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Bioplastics—typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers—stand to contribute to
more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a circular economy, in which virgin …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic waste and its management strategies for environmental sustainability

N Evode, SA Qamar, M Bilal, D Barceló… - Case Studies in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The massive consumption of a wide range plastic products has generated a huge amount of
plastic waste. There is a need to provide awareness of their uses and routine management …

Designing a vaccine supply chain network considering environmental aspects

S Abbasi, S Zahmatkesh, A Bokhari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the fight against SARS-COV-2, the vaccine has become a ubiquitous preventive measure.
Vaccination programs for COVID-19 are inadvertently creating large amounts of bio-medical …

Circular economy approach in solid waste management system to achieve UN-SDGs: Solutions for post-COVID recovery

HB Sharma, KR Vanapalli, B Samal… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing socioeconomic crisis has impeded progress
towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). This paper investigates the …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19, consumer behavior, technology, and society: A literature review and bibliometric analysis

J Cruz-Cárdenas, E Zabelina… - … forecasting and social …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 crisis is among the most disruptive events in recent decades. Its profound
consequences have garnered the interest of many studies in various disciplines, including …

COVID pollution: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global plastic waste footprint

NU Benson, DE Bassey, T Palanisami - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Plastic products have played significant roles in protecting people during the COVID-19
pandemic. The widespread use of personal protective gear created a massive disruption in …

Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pareto-based algorithms

EB Tirkolaee, A Goli, P Ghasemi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study develops a novel mathematical model to design a sustainable mask Closed-Loop
Supply Chain Network (CLSCN) during the COVID-19 outbreak for the first time. A multi …

Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development

M Ranjbari, ZS Esfandabadi, MC Zanetti… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has immensely impacted the economic, social, and environmental
pillars of sustainability in human lives. Due to the scholars' increasing interest in responding …

Non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review

N Perra - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental challenges induced by extensive use of face masks during COVID-19: A review and potential solutions

K Selvaranjan, S Navaratnam, P Rajeev… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 disease significantly affects not only human health, it also affects the
wealth of country'economy and everyday routine of human life. To control the spread of the …