ReviewResources, conservation, and recycling2021
Technological review on thermochemical conversion of COVID-19-related medical wastes.
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- Sustainable Solution for Plastic Pollution: Upcycling Waste Polypropylene Masks for Effective Oil-Spill Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- The IoT-enabled sustainable reverse supply chain for COVID-19 Pandemic Wastes (CPW).Engineering applications of artificial intelligence · 2023Article
- Energy-saving COVID-19 biomedical plastic waste treatment using the thermal - Catalytic pyrolysis.Energy (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Analysis of COVID-19 waste management in Vietnam and recommendations to adapt to the 'new normal' period.Journal of material cycles and waste management · 2023Article
- Novel strategy in biohydrogen energy production from COVID - 19 plastic waste: A critical review.International journal of hydrogen energy · 2022Article
- Evolution of COVID-19 municipal solid waste disposal behaviors using epidemiology-based periods defined by World Health Organization guidelines.Sustainable cities and society · 2022Article
- Hydrothermal deconstruction of single-use personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.Waste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Agro-residual biomass and disposable protective face mask: a merger for converting waste to plastic-fiber fuel via an integrative carbonization-pelletization framework.Biomass conversion and biorefinery · 2022Article
- To what extent do waste management strategies need adaptation to post-COVID-19?The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Collaborative Reverse Logistics Network for Infectious Medical Waste Management during the COVID-19 Outbreak.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Hospital waste generation during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: a case study in Delhi.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Locating temporary waste treatment facilities in the cities to handle the explosive growth of HCWs during pandemics: A novel Grey-AHP-OCRA hybrid approach.Sustainable cities and society · 2022Article
- Amassing the Covid-19 driven PPE wastes in the dwelling environment of Chittagong Metropolis and associated implications.Chemosphere · 2022Article
- Assessing face masks in the environment by means of the DPSIR framework.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Application of COVID-19 single-use shredded nitrile gloves in structural concrete: Case study from Australia.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- A review on emergency disposal and management of medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Repercussions of clinical waste co-incineration in municipal solid waste incinerator during COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of hazardous materials · 2022Article
- Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pareto-based algorithms.Journal of cleaner production · 2022Article
- Thermochemical conversion of municipal solid waste into energy and hydrogen: a review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
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Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic has brought tremendous environmental burden due to huge amount of medical wastes (about 54,000 t/d as of November 22, 2020), including face mask, gloves, clothes, goggles, and sanitizer/disinfectant containers. A proper waste management is urgently required to mitigate the spread of the disease, minimize the environmental impacts, and take their potential advantages for further utilization. This work provides a prospective review on the possible thermochemical treatments for those COVID-19 related medical wastes (CMW), as well as their possible conversion to fuels. The characteristics of each waste are initially analyzed and described, especially their potential as energy source. It is clear that most of CMWs are dominated by plastic polymers. Thermochemical processes, including incineration, torrefaction, pyrolysis, and gasification, are reviewed in terms of applicability for CMW. In addition, the mechanical treatment of CMW into sanitized refuse-derived fuel (SRDF) is also discussed as the preliminary stage before thermochemical conversion. In terms of material flexibility, incineration is practically applicable for all types of CMW, although it has the highest potential to emit the largest amount of CO
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