The shadow pandemic of single use personal protective equipment plastic waste: A blue print for suppression and eradication

The shadow pandemic of single use personal protective equipment plastic waste: A blue print for suppression and eradication

Single use personal protective equipment (PPE) has played a major role in preventing COVID-19 infection. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 4 million tonnes of polypropylene PPE waste has been disposed into the environment in uncontrolled manner causing significant and long-term ecol...

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Main Authors: Long D. Nghiem, Hafiz M.N. Iqbal, Jakub Zdarta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Subjects:
COVID-19
Polypropylene
Single use face mask
Disposable gown
Plastic waste
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666016421000475

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