Municipal solid waste management during COVID-19 pandemic: effects and repercussions

Yousefi, Mahmood; Oskoei, Vahide; Jafari, Ahmad Jonidi; Farzadkia, Mahdi; Firooz, Masoumeh Hasham; Abdollahinejad, Behnaz; Torkashvand, Javavd

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-14214-9

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“…This recommendation extends to other research on municipal waste management as well. High-risk employees have been identified (Yousefi et al 2021), including municipal workers in constant contact with municipal waste. In all, WBE was recommended for detection of early warning signs of spread in communities rather than a strict measure of the number of cases.…”

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Wastewater-based epidemiology: a new frontier for tracking environmental persistence and community transmission of COVID-19

Dutta

Kaushik²,

Dutta

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Wastewater-based epidemiology: a new frontier for tracking environmental persistence and community transmission of COVID-19

Dutta

Kaushik²,

Dutta

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…The main justification for why many areas practice waste burning as one of the SW management methods is volume reduction. However, studies reveal that open burning release toxic like nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and carcinogenic gases like polycyclic organic matter (POMs), benzo(a)pyrene (BAP) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); mainly if the waste contains plastic materials (Tomatis, 2012;Zhang, 1997). People practising open burning are found to be at greater risks of chronic respiratory diseases, including cancers resulting from exposures to dust and hazardous compounds (Kampa & Castanas, 2008).…”

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Solid waste management practices and challenges in seven cities of Nepal before and during lockdown against COVID-19 pandemic

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The nationwide lockdown imposed to control the spread of novel coronavirus induced dramatic alterations in different sectors of the Nepalese governance, including Solid Waste Management (SWM) practices. The study identifies SW collection gaps in seven major cities of Nepal and highlights the municipal and public households on SW management practices before and during the lockdown to emphasize the linkage between COVID-19 and SWM. It includes information on solid waste status, collection frequency and coverage, workers' safety practices, types of vehicles operated for collection and alternative methods adopted by households to manage SW during the lockdown. For this, 1329 households survey and key informant interviews were conducted in seven cities of Nepal during the lockdown. It was found that although the coverage of the collection service was similar during the pandemic in surveyed households, there was a drastic decrease in the collection frequency leading to a collection gap of around 570 tons/day. More than 50% of the surveyed households adopted no proper alternative measures as they claimed that they stored solid waste with proper management so that municipal authorities can take it. While other 50% adopted practices such as open burning, throwing in streets or composting. The study reveals poor occupational health and safety practices among solid waste workers due to the unavailability of safety gear and equipment despite being aware of the modes of transmission of the virus. The pandemic exacerbated the challenges of smooth SWM as it is an essential and needy service. This study highlights the need for a timely strategic management framework to be developed by the government to continue the smooth SWM practices during the lockdown.

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“…And at the time of disposal, the process may vary from COVID-19 hospital and other hospitals. Yousefi et al (2021) states that the effects of COVID-19 on various wastes are not same as pandemic has reduced waste production in some areas and pervasively disrupted plastic consumption . It is estimated that 1.6 million tonnes / day globally plastic wastes are generated from the very beginning of COVID-19.…”

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Hazardous Waste Management Situation in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Existing Legal Frameworks and Challenges through Working from Home

Hannan¹,

Aigbogun²

2021

IJARBSS

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Hazardous waste has become one of the most alarming threats to the environmental as well as socio-political aspects of Bangladesh. Sustainable waste management is a longer lasting challenge for the developing countries like Bangladesh. In addition to this, because of inadequacy of work force, antique waste management system, technical scarcity and overall corruption the government specially the concerned local government of the municipality is facing the issue rampant and threatening. Notwithstanding that the government ratified international Basel Convention, 1989 and enhanced diversified legal policies to dispose and recycle the hazardous wastes. Nonetheless, gigantic growing extent of wastes is posing dangerous warning to the existing waste management and disposal processes. Additionally, the sound management of wastes and environmental hazards were in less emphasis and least studied previously whereas nowadays the government and relevant stakeholders are considering this issue with importance to preserve the human health and nature where specific sectoral and fruitful working systems are initiated. However, the most acceptable methods i.e. recycling, reduction and reuse are not being applied effectively by the responsible authorities of the government. Hence, the sustainability of waste managing is ended in smoke and being more complicated. In the study, conceptualization of electronic waste, environmental hazards, waste generation process are stated cognitively. At the same time the study ventures on the conceptual aspects of both global and national prevalent methods for sustainable waste management. Moreover, integrative literature review is conducted to find out the limitations of the prevailing legal policies of the government are elaborated practically and recommended ways to develop the efficient and sustainable waste management systems to get rid of the perilous consequences of hazardous wastes. During the pandemic crisis it is found to be more challenging as working from home is a pre dominant factor in the new norm.

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Municipal solid waste management during COVID-19 pandemic: effects and repercussions

Cited by 134 publications

References 58 publications

Wastewater-based epidemiology: a new frontier for tracking environmental persistence and community transmission of COVID-19

Wastewater-based epidemiology: a new frontier for tracking environmental persistence and community transmission of COVID-19

Solid waste management practices and challenges in seven cities of Nepal before and during lockdown against COVID-19 pandemic

Hazardous Waste Management Situation in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Existing Legal Frameworks and Challenges through Working from Home

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