ReviewJournal of environmental chemical engineering2021
Key ingredients and recycling strategy of personal protective equipment (PPE): Towards sustainable solution for the COVID-19 like pandemics.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Challenges and future opportunities to unlock the critical supply chain of personal and protective equipment (PPE) encompassing decontamination and reuse under emergency use authorization (EUA) conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Through a reflective circularity and sustainability lens.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
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- Study of the Long-Term Aging of Polypropylene-Made Disposable Surgical Masks and Filtering Facepiece Respirators.Polymers · 2023Article
- Recent advances and challenges in recycling and reusing biomedical materials.Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry · 2022Review
- Air Pollutants Removal Using Biofiltration Technique: A Challenge at the Frontiers of Sustainable Environment.ACS engineering Au · 2022Review
- Recycling of plastic wastes generated from COVID-19: A comprehensive illustration of type and properties of plastics with remedial options.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Lessons from the frontline: Documenting the pandemic emergency care experience from the Pacific region - Infrastructure and equipment.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022Article
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India.Marine pollution bulletin · 2022Article
- Face Mask Wastes as Cementitious Materials: A Possible Solution to a Big Concern.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Combining Chromatographic, Rheological, and Mechanical Analysis to Study the Manufacturing Potential of Acrylic Blends into Polyacrylic Casts.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the complications of plastic trash management and disposal. The current situation of living in fear of transmission of the COVID-19 virus has further transformed our behavioural models, such as regularly using personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and single-use applications for day to day needs etc. It has been estimated that with the passage of the coronavirus epidemic every month, there is expected use of 200 billion pieces of single-use facemasks and gloves. PPE are well established now as life-saving items for medicinal specialists to stay safe through the COVID-19 pandemic. Different processes such as glycolysis, hydrogenation, aminolysis, hydrolysis, pyrolysis, and gasification are now working on finding advanced technologies to transfer waste PPE into value-added products. Here, in this article, we have discussed the recycling strategies of PPE, important components (such as medical gloves, gowns, masks & respirators and other face and eye protection) and the raw materials used in PPE kits. Further, the value addition methods to recycling the PPE kits, chemical & apparatus used in recycling and recycling components into value-added products. Finally, the biorenewable materials in PPE for textiles components have been discussed along with concluded remarks.
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