[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 …

Personal protective equipment (PPE) disposal during COVID-19: An emerging source of microplastic and microfiber pollution in the environment

MT Khan, IA Shah, MF Hossain, N Akther… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste generated by healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a new
source of pollution, particularly with the widespread use of single-use personal protective …

Circular economy of medical waste: novel intelligent medical waste management framework based on extension linear Diophantine fuzzy FDOSM and neural network …

XY Chew, KW Khaw, A Alnoor, M Ferasso… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Environmental pollution has been a major concern for researchers and policymakers. A
number of studies have been conducted to enquire the causes of environmental pollution …

HealthcareLCA: an open-access living database of health-care environmental impact assessments

J Drew, SD Christie, D Rainham… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Anthropogenic environmental change negatively effects human health and is increasing
health-care system demand. Paradoxically, the provision of health care, which itself is a …

Microbial strategies for degradation of microplastics generated from COVID-19 healthcare waste

S Dey, U Anand, V Kumar, S Kumar, M Ghorai… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic has led to the generation of massive plastic wastes, comprising of
onetime useable gloves, masks, tissues, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) …

Environmental impact of personal protective equipment distributed for use by health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 …

C Rizan, M Reed, MF Bhutta - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To quantify the environmental impact of personal protective equipment (PPE)
distributed for use by the health and social care system to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 …

Environmental risks of polymer materials from disposable face masks linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

H Du, S Huang, J Wang - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The indispensable role of plastic products in our daily life is highlighted by the COVID-19
pandemic again. Disposable face masks, made of polymer materials, as effective and cheap …

Recent review of COVID-19 management: Diagnosis, treatment and vaccination

VP Chavda, S Vuppu, T Mishra, S Kamaraj… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Springer
The idiopathic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak caused by the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has reached global …

Plastic wastes in the time of COVID-19: Their environmental hazards and implications for sustainable energy resilience and circular bio-economies

PK Rai, C Sonne, H Song, KH Kim - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The global scope of pollution from plastic waste is a well-known phenomenon associated
with trade, mass consumption, and disposal of plastic products (eg, personal protective …

[HTML][HTML] Face masks to combat coronavirus (covid-19)—processing, roles, requirements, efficacy, risk and Sustainability

MZ Rahman, ME Hoque, MR Alam, MA Rouf, SI Khan… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasingly prevalent respiratory infectious diseases (eg, COVID-19) have posed severe
threats to public health. Viruses including coronavirus, influenza, and so on can cause …