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Assessment of COVID-19 Waste Flows During the Emergency State in Romania and Related Public Health and Environmental Concerns
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Abstract This paper provides a rapid assessment method of potentially infectious waste flow related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Romania focusing on the emergency state (from 16 March to 14 May 2020) where a national lockdown was in force with restrictive and social distancing measures c... mehr
This paper provides a rapid assessment method of potentially infectious waste flow related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Romania focusing on the emergency state (from 16 March to 14 May 2020) where a national lockdown was in force with restrictive and social distancing measures concerning population mobility and economic activities. Medical and municipal waste management systems are critical services in combating the virus spread in the community. This assessment is useful due to poor available data of medical waste flow in environmental reports and it covers COVID-19 patients, quarantined, and self-isolated persons as the main potential infectious waste sources. The proposed model estimates that COVID-19 related waste flow is 4312 t at the national level from 25 February to 15 June of which 2633 t in the emergency state period. This assessment is correlated with deficiencies of medical and municipal waste management systems in Romania before the COVID-19 pandemic as stress factors of public health and environment. This study points out the main challenges of waste operators and reveals some best practices during this pandemic crisis. Based on the results and discussion section, several recommendations are proposed to COVID-19 waste-related issues and points out the crucial role of the reliable medical and municipal waste database in managing such biologic hazards at national and EU levels. Monitoring of COVID-19 waste flow through such models are important for decision-makers, particularly in low and middle-income countries which are facing waste management deficiencies and gaps in waste statistics, to reduce other contamination risks or related environmental threats.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Abfallwirtschaft; Entsorgung; Hygiene; Public Health; Umweltverschmutzung; Rumänien
Klassifikation
Ökologie und Umwelt
Gesundheitspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
COVID-19; waste management; medical waste; municipal waste
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 1-18
Zeitschriftentitel
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (2020) 15
ISSN
1660-4601
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)