[HTML][HTML] Green reverse logistics network design for medical waste management: A circular economy transition through case approach

K Govindan, S Nosrati-Abarghooee, MM Nasiri… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lack of proper management of medical waste leads to environmental pollution and
threatens the lives of communities. Good medical waste management means appropriate …

A sustainable medical waste collection and transportation model for pandemics

E Babaee Tirkolaee, NS Aydın - Waste Management & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We are currently experiencing a critical period for the prevention and control of the COVID-
19 pandemic. COVID-19 related waste is a threat to global public environmental health …

What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan

C Chen, J Chen, R Fang, F Ye, Z Yang, Z Wang… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global pandemic caused by the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a dramatic
increase in medical waste worldwide. This tremendous increase in medical waste is an …

Evaluating and selecting sustainable logistics service providers for medical waste disposal treatment in the healthcare industry

ÖF Görçün, A Aytekin, S Korucuk… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Health institutes are structurally growing depending on the population increase and
escalating demands for health services. As a negative result, the health industry produces …

Statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel Coronavirus outbreak

HA Abu-Qdais, MA Al-Ghazo, EM Al-Ghazo - Global Journal of …, 2020 - gjesm.net
One of thesources of infection as a result of coronavirus disease treatment is the medical
waste generated during the health care activities. Since the registration of the first infected …

Multi-criteria evaluation of medical waste management process under intuitionistic fuzzy environment: A case study on hospitals in Turkey

S Çelik, İ Peker, AC Gök-Kısa, G Büyüközkan - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste management has come to the fore in the whole world with the increasing impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic along with concerns about human health, environmental threats …

Infectious waste management during a pandemic: A stochastic location-routing problem with chance-constrained time windows

ST Hassanpour, GY Ke, J Zhao, DM Tulett - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented tremendous challenges to the world, one of which
is the management of infectious waste generated by healthcare activities. Finding cost …

A novel hybrid multi-criteria group decision-making approach with intuitionistic fuzzy sets to design reverse supply chains for COVID-19 medical waste recycling …

S Liu, J Zhang, B Niu, L Liu, X He - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to exponential growth in COVID-19 medical waste (CMW)
generation worldwide. This tremendous growth in CMW is a major transmission medium for …

A reverse supply chain for medical waste: A case study in Babol healthcare sector

S Kargar, MM Paydar, AS Safaei - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Medical waste generation is rapidly rising, which may cause a serious risk for both humans
and environment if it is not properly managed. Designing an efficient and reliable medical …

Designing reverse logistics network for healthcare waste management considering epidemic disruptions under uncertainty

S Nosrati-Abarghooee, M Sheikhalishahi… - Applied Soft …, 2023 - Elsevier
Population growth and recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and many other man-made
or natural disasters all around the world have considerably increased the demand for …