Healthcare waste in Bangladesh: Current status, the impact of Covid-19 and sustainable management with life cycle and circular economy framework

MR Dihan, SMA Nayeem, H Roy, MS Islam… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has accelerated the generation of healthcare (medical) waste throughout the
world. Develo** countries are the most affected by this hazardous and toxic medical waste …

Medical waste treatment technologies for energy, fuels, and materials production: A review

G Giakoumakis, D Politi, D Sidiras - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The importance of medical waste management has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic
because of the increase in medical waste quantity and the significant dangers of these …

Assessing the challenges to medical waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for the environmental sustainability in the emerging economies

SR Tushar, MFB Alam, ABMM Bari… - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging economies are struggling with proper and efficient management of waste due to
their constrained resources and weak management. In recent days, this crisis has worsened …

Estimation of the healthcare waste generation during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

T Chowdhury, H Chowdhury, MS Rahman… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic-borne wastes imposed a severe threat to human lives as well as the
total environment. Improper handling of these wastes increases the possibility of future …

[HTML][HTML] Designing a resilient reverse network to manage the infectious healthcare waste under uncertainty: a stochastic optimization approach

K Govindan, FSN Fard, F Asgari, S Sorooshian… - Computers & Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global expansion of healthcare facilities has resulted in increased levels of infectious-
hazardous waste, posing serious threats to the environment and public health. Existing …

Discerning the circularity of the plastic industry in Bangladesh through the lens of material flow analysis

S Siddique, BB Roy, S Zaman, A Khan… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study performs the first national plastic material flow analysis (MFA) of Bangladesh to
obtain essential information for develo** the roadmap for circular economy. It quantified …

A review of the impact that healthcare risk waste treatment technologies have on the environment

T Zikhathile, H Atagana, J Bwapwa… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Health-Care Risk Waste (HCRW) treatment protects the environment and lives. HCRW is
waste from patient diagnostics, immunization, surgery, and therapy. HCRW must be treated …

A multi-jurisdictional study on the quantification of COVID-19 household plastic waste in six Latin American countries

NP Requena-Sanchez, D Carbonel, L Demel… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
This study examines urban plastic waste generation using a citizen science approach in six
Latin American countries during a global pandemic. The objectives are to quantify …

Conversion of medical waste into value-added products using a novel integrated system with tail gas treatment: Process design, optimization, and thermodynamic …

YT Chu, J Zhou, J Ren, W Shen, C He - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated substantial medical waste (MW), posing risks to
society. Based on widespread MW incineration, this study proposes an integrated system …

Does medical waste research during COVID-19 meet the challenge induced by the pandemic to waste management?

Q Wang, M Zhang, R Li - Waste Management & Research, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented amount of medical waste,
presenting significant challenges for the safe disposal of hazardous waste. A systematic …