ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Disposal Behavior of Used Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Moroccan Community: Potential Environmental Impact.
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- Knowledge and Practice of Personal Protective Measures Against COVID-19 in Africa: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Pooled it
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- Effects of UV radiation on natural and synthetic materials.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023Article
- Implication of nanotechnology to reduce the environmental risks of waste associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.RSC advances · 2023Review
- Assessment of the awareness about COVID-19 and the following-up of guidelines for biomedical wastes in Jaipur city.Vegetos (Bareilly, India) · 2023Article
- Face mask and medical waste generation in the City of Baguio, Philippines: its current management and GHG footprint.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
- Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene practices for prevention and control of COVID-19 in Kenya.International health · 2022Article
- Valorization of discarded face mask for bioactive compound synthesis and photodegradation of dye.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Thermochemical treatment of daily COVID-19 single-use facemask waste: Power generation potential and environmental impact analysis.Energy (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Are used face masks handled as infectious waste? Novel pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.Resources, conservation & recycling advances · 2022Article
- Cyanobacteria as a Promising Alternative for Sustainable Environment: Synthesis of Biofuel and Biodegradable Plastics.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Face masks related to COVID-19 in the beaches of the Moroccan Mediterranean: An emerging source of plastic pollution.Marine pollution bulletin · 2022Article
- Impact of waste of COVID-19 protective equipment on the environment, animals and human health: a review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
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Abstract
The spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) levied on the Moroccan authorities to increase their mask production capacity, which reached up to 12 million facemask units produced per day. This increase in personal protective equipment (PPE) production and consumption is an efficient tool to address the spread of COVID-19. However, this results in more plastic and microplastic debris being added into the land and marine environments, which will harm the ecosystem, wildlife, and public health. Such a situation needs deep individual behavior observation and tracking, as well as an assessment of the potential environmental impact of this new type of waste. For this reason, we assessed the Moroccan population's behavior regarding the use and disposal of facemasks and gloves. An exploratory survey was prepared and shared via social media and email with the population of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Casablanca-Settat regions. Additionally, we calculated the estimated number and weight of daily and weekly PPE used and generated by the studied regions. The survey showed that 70% of the respondents threw their discarded masks and gloves in house trash or trash bins after their first use, whereas nearly 30% of respondents admitted that they did not wear masks because they did not leave their homes during the lockdown, while from the 70% of facemask users, more than five million (equivalent to 40,000 kg) of facemasks would be generated and disposed of daily by the community of these regions, which presents 35% of the total engendered facemask waste in Morocco. Accordingly, the environment impact of facemasks showed that the greenhouse gas footprint is about 640 kT CO
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