COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) contamination in coastal areas of Granada, Spain.

F Ortega, M Calero, N Rico, M A Martín-Lara

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Article in Marine pollution bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

F OrtegaChemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: f.ortega@ugr.es.

M CaleroChemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: mcaleroh@ugr.es.

N RicoDepartment of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: nrico@ugr.es.

M A Martín-LaraChemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: marianml@ugr.es.

Universidad de Granada · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) as a control measure to avoid transmission against COVID-19 has generated a challenge to the waste management and enhances plastic pollution in the environment. The research aims to monitor the presence of PPE waste and other plastic debris, in a time interval where the use of face mask at specific places was still mandatory, on the coastal areas of Granada (Spain) which belongs to the Mediterranean Sea. Four beaches called La Rijana, La Charca, La Rábita and Calahonda were examined during different periods. The total amount of sampled waste was 17,558 plastic units. The abundance, characteristics and distribution of PPE and other plastic debris were determined. Results showed that the observed amount of total plastic debris were between 2.531·10

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COVID-19Waste ProductsBathing BeachesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansPersonal Protective EquipmentPlasticsSpainPlasticsWaste ProductsBeachesCOVID-19GranadaPersonal protective equipment (PPE)Plastic pollution

Identifiers

PMID37086548

DOI10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114908

PMCPMC10080275

OpenAlexW4362698046

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