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Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has driven massive consumption of personal protective equipment (PPE) worldwide. Single-use face masks are one of the most used PPE to prevent the transmission of the virus. However, mismanagement of such materials threatens the environment with a new form of plastic po...
Autores principales: | Torres, Fernando G., De-la-Torre, Gabriel E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Published by Elsevier B.V.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8105123/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147628 |
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