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Waste management model for COVID-19: recommendations for future threats.
Yadav, D; Mann, S; Balyan, A.
  • Yadav D; Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110058 India.
  • Mann S; Department of Information Technology, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110058 India.
  • Balyan A; Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110058 India.
Int J Environ Sci Technol (Tehran) ; : 1-14, 2022 Jul 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2327176
ABSTRACT
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 across the globe. Not only underdeveloped and developing economies are struggling with the challenges posed by mounting piles of infectious waste but even developed countries are adversely affected in similar manner. The routine waste management strategies followed by various countries are overturned due extremely altered trends in the amount and type of waste generated by households and medical facilities. The aim of this paper is to study and list the best available waste management policies adopted by some developing, developed and underdeveloped economies. The listed case studies were selected due to some unique steps undertaken for solid waste disposal during pandemic. The findings revealed that the guidelines issued by WHO for waste management of corona virus infected waste were followed by these nations and certain additional preventive steps were taken. Due to unavailability of single framework as prescribed by international authorities, various sustainable steps taken by individual countries to curb the pandemic menace can be useful in the present context. Few of these measures can be permanently adopted at global level by other nations for handling the pandemic like situations efficiently in pandemic situations.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Int J Environ Sci Technol (Tehran) Year: 2022 Document Type: Article