Microplastics in environment: global concern, challenges, and controlling measures

G Lamichhane, A Acharya, R Marahatha… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Plastic pollution in various forms has emerged as the most severe environmental threat.
Small plastic chunks, such as microplastics and nanoplastics derived from primary and …

COVID‐19 impact on public health, environment, human psychology, global Socioeconomy, and education

Y Miyah, M Benjelloun, S Lairini… - The Scientific World …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The end of the year 2019 was marked by the introduction of a third highly pathogenic
coronavirus, after SARS‐CoV (2003) and MERS‐CoV (2012), in the human population …

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 …

Sustainable municipal waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic—a case study of Poland

W Urbańska, A Janda, M Osial, M Słowikowski - Resources, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the waste management sector had to face
new challenges, eg, changes in the size and composition of the waste stream, or the …

Sociospatial characteristics, domestic water use and the COVID 19 pandemic: An exploration of relations for urban areas

A Ribas, M Torres-Bagur, D Sauri - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes in domestic water use in many cities. One
important question is whether and to what extent the pandemic stressed the resilience of the …

COVID-19 impacts on household solid waste generation in six Latin American countries: a participatory approach

N Requena-Sanchez, D Carbonel… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the Americas, the continent with the highest
number of COVID-related deaths according to WHO statistics. In Latin America, strict …

Environmental impacts of plastic waste management practices in urban suburbs areas of Zimbabwe

S Jerie, A Chireshe, T Shabani, T Shabani… - Discover …, 2024 - Springer
The study was conducted to explore aspects surrounding plastic waste management in
Makokoba high-density suburb, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Guided by the pragmatic reasoning …

Public perception towards medical waste generated in the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

AH Alomari, O Aga, L El Sahmarany, M Hegazi… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Airborne droplets and contaminated surfaces are the main routes for the epidemic virus
outbreak that causes the novel coronavirus. To reduce virus spread, people wear face …

Waste management model for COVID-19: recommendations for future threats

D Yadav, S Mann, A Balyan - International Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The change in habits and lifestyle of citizens during health crisis like COVID-19 pandemic
has resulted in an unprecedented increase in the struggles for solid waste management …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2

K Al Huraimel, M Alhosani, H Gopalani… - Hygiene and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency of zoonotic diseases is amongst several catastrophic
repercussions of inadequate environmental management. Emergence, prevalence, and …