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Waste Management and Its Impact on Environment and Health: Addressing Emerging Waste Challenges in a Post-pandemic World
2026
Sweta Sinha,
Sweta Sinha,
Rahul Singh,
Sudhir Lima,
Mayank Srivastava,
Nitya Garg,
Sona Kumari
Summary
Researchers analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased medical and plastic waste — especially from disposable PPE — creating new post-pandemic environmental challenges including elevated microplastic pollution from mask, glove, and packaging disposal.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world faces a new set of environmental challenges related to the surge in medical and plastic waste generated during the global health crisis. The increased use of disposable personal protective equipment (PPE),...