Minimising the present and future plastic waste, energy and environmental footprints related to COVID-19

JJ Klemeš, Y Van Fan, RR Tan, P Jiang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has had growing environmental consequences related to plastic
use and follow-up waste, but more urgent health issues have far overshadowed the potential …

The COVID-19 pandemic face mask waste: a blooming threat to the marine environment

S Dharmaraj, V Ashokkumar, S Hariharan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the COVID-19 disease spread has emerged as a worldwide pandemic and cause
severe threats to humanity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) releases guidelines to …

RETRACTED: Pyrolysis: An effective technique for degradation of COVID-19 medical wastes

S Dharmaraj, V Ashokkumar, R Pandiyan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A journal-wide investigation by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team
identified violations of the journal's policies on conflict of interest related to the submission …

Pyrolysis of plastic species: A review of resources and products

T Maqsood, J Dai, Y Zhang, M Guang, B Li - Journal of analytical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A long-term and reliable plastic waste management scheme is required to avoid
environmental pollution and to overcome the issues of energy crisis simultaneously …

Plasma gasification versus incineration of plastic waste: Energy, economic and environmental analysis

D Cudjoe, H Wang - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The rise in plastic waste production and its mismanagement poses huge environmental
issues. Thermochemical techniques can minimize the amount of plastic waste discarded in …

Current prospects for plastic waste treatment

D Damayanti, DR Saputri, DSS Marpaung… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The excessive amount of global plastic produced over the past century, together with poor
waste management, has raised concerns about environmental sustainability. Plastic …

Impacts of COVID-19 outbreak on the municipal solid waste management: Now and beyond the pandemic

P Roy, AK Mohanty, A Wagner, S Sharif… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the municipal essential services, including municipal
solid waste (MSW) management. This study has reviewed the literature on MSW and solid …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicity evaluation of E-waste plastics and potential repercussions for human health

N Singh, H Duan, Y Tang - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
At present, waste mobile phone is considered to be one of the fastest-growing obsolete
items in the stream of electronic waste (e-waste). Toxic substances such as heavy metals …

Inherent roadmap of conversion of plastic waste into energy and its life cycle assessment: a frontrunner compendium

B Sharma, Y Goswami, S Sharma, S Shekhar - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gargantuan escalation in the myriad of plastic waste in emerging and develo**
countries has led to the augmented atrocities concerning the environmental impact and …

A mini-review: current advances in polyethylene biodegradation

DKR Bardají, JAS Moretto, JPR Furlan… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Polyethylene (PE) has been described as the most abundant plastic worldwide since it is
used for the manufacture of disposable recipients, such as bottles and bags. Consequently …