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Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only human health and economies but also the environment due to the large volume of waste in the form of discarded personal protective equipment. The remarkable increase in the global usage of face masks, which mainly contain polypropylene, and improper waste m...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101797 |
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author | Asim, Nilofar Badiei, Marzieh Sopian, Kamaruzzaman |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only human health and economies but also the environment due to the large volume of waste in the form of discarded personal protective equipment. The remarkable increase in the global usage of face masks, which mainly contain polypropylene, and improper waste management have led to a serious environmental challenge called microplastic pollution. Potential practices for waste management related to waste valorization of discarded face masks as the major type of waste during the COVID-19 pandemic are explored in this study. Recommendations based on governmental practices, situation of state facilities, and societal awareness and engagement applicable to emergency (including COVID-19 pandemic) and postpandemic scenarios are offered while considering potential solutions and available waste management practices in different countries during emergency conditions. However, multicriteria decision making for a country must determine the optimal solution for waste management on the basis of all affecting factors. Awareness of scientific, governments, and communities worldwide will successfully eradicate this important environmental issue. |
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spelling | pubmed-82789252021-07-20 Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic Asim, Nilofar Badiei, Marzieh Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Environ Technol Innov Article The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only human health and economies but also the environment due to the large volume of waste in the form of discarded personal protective equipment. The remarkable increase in the global usage of face masks, which mainly contain polypropylene, and improper waste management have led to a serious environmental challenge called microplastic pollution. Potential practices for waste management related to waste valorization of discarded face masks as the major type of waste during the COVID-19 pandemic are explored in this study. Recommendations based on governmental practices, situation of state facilities, and societal awareness and engagement applicable to emergency (including COVID-19 pandemic) and postpandemic scenarios are offered while considering potential solutions and available waste management practices in different countries during emergency conditions. However, multicriteria decision making for a country must determine the optimal solution for waste management on the basis of all affecting factors. Awareness of scientific, governments, and communities worldwide will successfully eradicate this important environmental issue. Elsevier B.V. 2021-08 2021-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8278925/ /pubmed/34307792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101797 Text en © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Asim, Nilofar Badiei, Marzieh Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the covid-19 pandemic |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101797 |
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