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ClearCOVID-19 and Environment: a Review
This review examines both the negative and positive environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that while lockdown measures improved air quality and reduced water and noise pollution in many regions, the pandemic also dramatically increased plastic waste from single-use items and personal protective equipment. The authors assess how pandemic-era disruptions to human activity reshaped pollution patterns across multiple environmental domains.
Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown: National and Global Scenario
Researchers examined the environmental impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures at national and global scales, analyzing how the curtailment of industrial, transportation, and economic activity affected air and water quality, waste generation, and ecological conditions across 213 affected countries.
COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the environment: A global perspective
This global perspective reviews environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting sharp increases in single-use plastic waste, pharmaceutical pollution, and medical waste that more than offset short-term pollution reductions seen during lockdowns. The authors argue that pandemic-driven plastic surges created a new wave of microplastic contamination entering aquatic and terrestrial systems.
Positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 on the environment: A critical review with sustainability approaches
This review examines both the positive and negative environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. While lockdowns temporarily reduced air, water, and noise pollution, the massive increase in disposable masks, gloves, and plastic packaging created a surge in microplastic contamination. The study highlights how the pandemic exposed the tension between public health measures and environmental sustainability.
COVID-19, a double-edged sword for the environment: a review on the impacts of COVID-19 on the environment
This review assessed pandemic-related environmental impacts, finding that COVID-19 reduced air and water pollution temporarily through industrial slowdowns but simultaneously increased plastic waste, antibiotic release, and chemical contamination from disinfectants, producing a mixed and complex environmental legacy.
The long-term impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on environmental health: a review study of the bi-directional effect
Researchers reviewed how the COVID-19 pandemic created a two-way relationship with environmental health, finding that lockdowns temporarily improved air and water quality while simultaneously driving a surge in single-use plastic waste and biohazard materials. The review calls for long-term sustainability policies that balance economic recovery with environmental protection, including reducing plastic pollution.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment, waste management, and energy sectors: a deeper look into the long-term impacts
This review examines the environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that while short-term air quality improvements occurred during lockdowns, the long-term negative effects are far more significant. Researchers documented massive increases in single-use plastic waste from masks, gloves, and packaging, contributing substantially to microplastic pollution. The study highlights that the pandemic reversed progress on waste reduction and created new challenges for environmental management across waste, energy, and pollution sectors.
Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Environment and Proposals for Sustainable Strategies
This review examined the environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding significant improvements in air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and lower water pollution during lockdowns, alongside negative consequences including increased medical waste from masks, gloves, and disinfectant containers.
Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquatic Environment and Implications on Aquatic Food Production
This review examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected aquatic environments, finding that while reduced human activity temporarily improved water quality, the surge in plastic and biomedical waste created new contamination threats to aquatic ecosystems and food production.
Water Quality and Water Pollution in Time of COVID-19: Positive and Negative Repercussions
This review assesses the positive and negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on water quality across different continents. While lockdowns temporarily reduced some pollution, the pandemic also increased plastic waste from personal protective equipment and single-use items, contributing to microplastic contamination of water bodies.
Effects of COVID-19 on coastal and marine environments: Aggravated microplastic pollution, improved air quality, and future perspective
Researchers conducted a comprehensive review of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected coastal and marine environments between 2020 and 2023. The study found that pandemic-related waste, particularly personal protective equipment, significantly increased microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems, while lockdowns temporarily improved air quality. Evidence indicates that the environmental legacy of COVID-19 includes lasting microplastic contamination that will require long-term mitigation strategies.
Understanding of environmental pollution and its anthropogenic impacts on biological resources during the COVID-19 period
Researchers reviewed how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified plastic pollution across terrestrial, marine, and atmospheric environments by driving surges in single-use plastics and inadequately managed medical waste, with plastic-related contamination projected to pose escalating transboundary risks through 2030 and beyond.
Plastic and its consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers examined the dual role of plastic during the COVID-19 pandemic — as life-saving material in medical and personal protective equipment and as an environmental pollutant when improperly discarded — highlighting how pandemic-driven plastic use worsened water body contamination and public health risks.
A Review of the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Solid Waste Management
This review examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on solid waste management systems globally, highlighting how increased medical waste, face mask disposal in waterways, and disrupted collection services created new pollution burdens, while pandemic-related lockdowns also produced temporary environmental benefits including reduced carbon emissions.
Covid-19 and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities
This review examines both the environmental challenges and unexpected opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic, including temporary reductions in air pollution alongside a surge in single-use plastic waste from masks and PPE. The pandemic highlighted trade-offs between public health measures and plastic pollution.
Microplastics and other emerging contaminants in the environment after COVID-19 pandemic: The need of global reconnaissance studies
This review examines how COVID-19 pandemic waste, including disposable masks, gloves, and disinfectants, has increased microplastic and chemical contamination in the environment. These contaminants enter waterways through improper disposal, wastewater plants, and surface runoff. The study calls for global monitoring to understand the full impact of pandemic-related pollution on ecosystems and human health.
SARS-CoV-2 variants and environmental effects of lockdowns, masks and vaccination: a review
Researchers reviewed how COVID-19 control measures — lockdowns, face masks, and vaccination — affected environmental pollution, finding that while lockdowns improved air quality, the surge in disposable mask waste and cold-chain vaccine logistics introduced new environmental burdens.
Plastic pollution during COVID-19: Plastic waste directives and its long-term impact on the environment
Researchers reviewed how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated global plastic production — through mandatory masks, gloves, and single-use packaging — worsening long-term micro- and nanoplastic pollution in oceans, soils, and food chains. The study calls for stronger plastic waste management programs that specifically target the prevention of small plastic particles from entering ecosystems.
Environmental pollutants and their impact on COVID‐19 spread: Current problem and future resolutions
This review examines how environmental pollutants including microplastics, heavy metals, and air pollutants may exacerbate COVID-19 spread and severity, highlighting the intersection of pollution-related immune suppression and increased vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
COVID-19 impact on agriculture and environment in India
This paper reviews the environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, covering both positive effects (improved air quality, reduced GHG emissions) and negative ones (increased plastic and medical waste, microplastic pollution from disposable PPE). It examines how pandemic-related disruptions to human activity temporarily improved some environmental indicators while worsening plastic contamination.
COVID-19, travel restrictions and environmental consequences
Researchers reviewed the environmental and public health impacts of COVID-19 travel restrictions, examining how reduced mobility temporarily improved air quality and other environmental indicators while simultaneously creating new challenges around vaccine distribution, border closures, and long-term pandemic management.
Evaluation of Istanbul from the environmental components’ perspective: what has changed during the pandemic?
Researchers assessed year-over-year environmental changes in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic and estimated that disposable masks and gloves generated hundreds of thousands of plastic waste items daily, while lockdown-related reductions in human activity temporarily cut air pollutants by 7–56% and reduced noise levels.
Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in a one health context
This public health paper examines the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 through a One Health lens, linking human, animal, and environmental health. While not specifically about microplastics, it is relevant because pandemic-related plastic waste was a major environmental consequence of the global health response.
Microplastic pollution and associated health hazards: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
This review explores how the COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in single-use plastic waste from masks, gloves, and packaging, increasing microplastic pollution in the environment. Microplastics from this waste can enter land, air, and water, ultimately accumulating in the human body. The study highlights the need for better plastic waste detection, recycling, and management to reduce health risks from pandemic-driven microplastic contamination.