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COVID-19: An Accelerator for Global Plastic Consumption and Its Implications

Published:2022-10-07 Issue: Volume:2022 Page:1-17
ISSN:1687-9813
Container-title:Journal of Environmental and Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Author:

Choudhury Moharana¹²^ORCID,Sahoo Subhrajeet³^ORCID,Samanta Palas⁴^ORCID,Tiwari Arushi⁵^ORCID,Tiwari Alavya⁶^ORCID,Chadha Utkarsh⁷⁸^ORCID,Bhardwaj Preetam⁹^ORCID,Nalluri Abhishek¹⁰^ORCID,Eticha Tolera Kuma¹¹^ORCID,Chakravorty Arghya⁹¹²¹³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Environmental Research and Management Division, Voice of Environment (VoE), Guwahati, 781034 Assam, India

2. Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India

3. Centre for Life Sciences, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, India

4. Department of Environmental Science, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, University of North Bengal, Dhupguri, West Bengal, India

5. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

6. School of Chemical Engineering (SCHEME), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

7. School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India

8. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2Z9, Canada

9. Centre of Nanotechnology Research, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India

10. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

11. Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia

12. School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India

13. Research and Development Action Wing, Baranagar Baghajatin Social Welfare Organisation, Kolkata 700036, India

Abstract

Plastic has been ingrained in our society. Repercussions on the usage of nonbiodegradable plastics and their problems have been recently realized. Despite its detrimental environmental impact, the COVID-19 epidemic has compelled worldwide citizens to increase their plastic use due to affordability and availability. The volume of hospital solid waste, particularly plastics, is overgrowing due to an unexpected increase in medical waste, culminating in the global waste management catastrophe. Henceforth, adopting good waste management practices along with appropriate technologies and viewing the current issue from a fresh perspective would be an opportunity in this current scenario. Accordingly, this review study will focus on the plastic waste scenario before and during the COVID-19 epidemic. This review also disseminates alternative disposal options and recommends practical solutions to lessen human reliance on traditional plastics. Further, the responsibilities of various legislative and regulatory authorities at the local, regional, and worldwide levels are addressed.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2022/1066350.pdf

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