Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics
Globally, COVID-19 has not only caused tremendous negative health, social and economic impacts, but it has also led to environmental issues such as a massive increase in biomedical waste. The biomedical waste (BMW) was generated from centralized (hospitals, clinics, and research facilities) and exte...
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| author | Srivastava, Akshay Sharma, Anita Jena, Manoj Kumar K Vuppaladadiyam, Arun Reguyal, Febelyn Joshi, Jyeshtharaj Sharma, Abhishek Shah, Kalpit Gupta, Akhilendra Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui Saptoro, Agus Sarmah, Ajit K |
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| description | Globally, COVID-19 has not only caused tremendous negative health, social and economic impacts, but it has also led to environmental issues such as a massive increase in biomedical waste. The biomedical waste (BMW) was generated from centralized (hospitals, clinics, and research facilities) and extended (quarantine camps, COVID-19 test camps, and quarantined homes) healthcare facilities. Many effects, such as the possibility of infection spread, unlawful dumping/disposal, and an increase in toxic emissions by common BMW treatment facilities, are conjectured because of the rise in waste generation. However, it is also an opportunity to critically analyze the current BMW treatment scenario and implement changes to make the system more economical and environmentally sustainable. In this review, the waste disposal guidelines of the BMW management infrastructure are critically analyzed for many functional parameters to bring out possible applications and limitations of individual interventions. In addition, an investigation was made to select appropriate technology based on the environmental setting. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-954072024-08-23T02:50:59Z Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics Srivastava, Akshay Sharma, Anita Jena, Manoj Kumar K Vuppaladadiyam, Arun Reguyal, Febelyn Joshi, Jyeshtharaj Sharma, Abhishek Shah, Kalpit Gupta, Akhilendra Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui Saptoro, Agus Sarmah, Ajit K Globally, COVID-19 has not only caused tremendous negative health, social and economic impacts, but it has also led to environmental issues such as a massive increase in biomedical waste. The biomedical waste (BMW) was generated from centralized (hospitals, clinics, and research facilities) and extended (quarantine camps, COVID-19 test camps, and quarantined homes) healthcare facilities. Many effects, such as the possibility of infection spread, unlawful dumping/disposal, and an increase in toxic emissions by common BMW treatment facilities, are conjectured because of the rise in waste generation. However, it is also an opportunity to critically analyze the current BMW treatment scenario and implement changes to make the system more economical and environmentally sustainable. In this review, the waste disposal guidelines of the BMW management infrastructure are critically analyzed for many functional parameters to bring out possible applications and limitations of individual interventions. In addition, an investigation was made to select appropriate technology based on the environmental setting. 2024 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95407 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174167 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Srivastava, Akshay Sharma, Anita Jena, Manoj Kumar K Vuppaladadiyam, Arun Reguyal, Febelyn Joshi, Jyeshtharaj Sharma, Abhishek Shah, Kalpit Gupta, Akhilendra Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui Saptoro, Agus Sarmah, Ajit K Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| title | Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| title_full | Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| title_fullStr | Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| title_short | Can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: Assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| title_sort | can pyrolysis handle biomedical wastes?: assessing the potential of various biomedical waste treatment technologies in tackling pandemics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95407 |