scholarly journals Households’ Waste Scenario during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outlook from Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mou Rani Sarker ◽  
Md. Abdur Rouf Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Management Issues

With pandemic progression and the stay-at-home situation, household are producing more dangerous medical waste. Households became the most vulnerable and unprotected sector of coronavirus transmission due to the unconsciousness and lack of guidance of hazardous waste management. Therefore, waste management is a critical concern to public health. This study examines household waste generation and waste management issues in Bangladesh during COVID-19 from March 2020 to August 2021. The study showed that adequate identification, collection, transportation, processing, separation, and disposal are the challenges of safe waste management. Each activity bears a high risk of getting infected because of lack of proper guidance and protection. Moreover, the improper disposal of hazardous waste causes immense soil, water and air pollution that might have negative effects to the human body. Some suggested guidelines to a better COVID-19 household’s waste management are discussed in the context of Bangladesh.

Structure Development for Effective Medical Waste and Hazardous Waste Management System

2020 ◽  
pp. 830-854
Author(s):  
Nilgün Cılız ◽  
Hacer Yıldırım ◽  
Şila Temizel
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Statistical Institute

Management of medical and hazardous wastes is a serious problem especially for developing countries. People are not aware of possible threats and/or they are afraid of the cost of application. Rapid population growth leads municipalities towards proper solid waste management applications. In this study, data were collected from the Turkish Statistical Institute and a general framework was drawn for medical and hazardous waste amounts and disposal methods. Starting from this point of view, the authors analyzed both the Regulation on Control of Hazardous Waste and the Regulation on Control of Medical Waste applied in Turkey. Taking into account all of these factors, this chapter is intended to develop the medical and hazardous waste management system economically and environmentally including waste generation, collection, transportation, disposal and treatment activities. Additionally, it investigates the reasons for lack of proper application of the regulations in light of the statistical data.

Structure Development for Effective Medical Waste and Hazardous Waste Management System

2016 ◽  
pp. 303-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilgün Cılız ◽  
Hacer Yıldırım ◽  
Şila Temizel
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Statistical Institute

Management of medical and hazardous wastes is a serious problem especially for developing countries. People are not aware of possible threats and/or they are afraid of the cost of application. Rapid population growth leads municipalities towards proper solid waste management applications. In this study, data were collected from the Turkish Statistical Institute and a general framework was drawn for medical and hazardous waste amounts and disposal methods. Starting from this point of view, the authors analyzed both the Regulation on Control of Hazardous Waste and the Regulation on Control of Medical Waste applied in Turkey. Taking into account all of these factors, this chapter is intended to develop the medical and hazardous waste management system economically and environmentally including waste generation, collection, transportation, disposal and treatment activities. Additionally, it investigates the reasons for lack of proper application of the regulations in light of the statistical data.

scholarly journals Hazardous Waste Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnaswamy Kanagamani ◽  
P. Geethamani ◽  
M. Narmatha
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management

Waste management is one of the vital environmental issues since last few decades. It has been noted that the generation of waste increases with increasing population, industrialization and urbanization etc. The waste management strategy includes both non-hazardous and hazardous waste management. Non-hazardous waste does not cause potential threat to environment but instead hazardous waste is the waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health and the environment. Rapidly growing industrial sector has contributed to the generation of large quantity of hazardous waste material. Therefore, to reduce environmental hazard, proper attention is required during storage, segregation, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste, because it cannot be disposed as off in the environment. This study explains about hazardous wastes, types and management.

Structure Development for Effective Medical Waste and Hazardous Waste Management System

2020 ◽  
pp. 221-245
Author(s):  
Nilgün Cılız ◽  
Hacer Yıldırım ◽  
Şila Temizel
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Statistical Institute

Management of medical and hazardous wastes is a serious problem especially for developing countries. People are not aware of possible threats and/or they are afraid of the cost of application. Rapid population growth leads municipalities towards proper solid waste management applications. In this study, data were collected from the Turkish Statistical Institute and a general framework was drawn for medical and hazardous waste amounts and disposal methods. Starting from this point of view, the authors analyzed both the Regulation on Control of Hazardous Waste and the Regulation on Control of Medical Waste applied in Turkey. Taking into account all of these factors, this chapter is intended to develop the medical and hazardous waste management system economically and environmentally including waste generation, collection, transportation, disposal and treatment activities. Additionally, it investigates the reasons for lack of proper application of the regulations in light of the statistical data.

scholarly journals Review article on study about perception of health care waste management amongst dental professionals in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Payal Sharma ◽  
Bhumika Badiyani ◽  
Amit Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Infectious Waste ◽  
Health Care Waste

This study has been conducted to assess the awareness and concern of dental health care providers towards handling and disposal of dental waste generated as well as knowledge of effective recycling and reuse of dental materials so that further necessary steps can be taken and more studies of such kind can be initiated in same direction. This cross-sectional study has been conducted among private practitioners and dental students who are planning to practice in Mathura district. After analysing responses to attitude based questions on biomedical waste management response showed favourable positive attitude. However they do not know concrete opportunities to put into practice waste recycling from dental work but majority of them collect household waste and dental practice waste together. Only few of them suggested for possible reuse of waste from dental practice. There are also inaccurate ways to collect hazardous waste; infectious waste is being collected with non-infectious or household waste. Keywords: Hazardous waste, infectious and non-infectious waste, bio-medical waste, segregation and bio-medical waste management.

Identification of industrial hazardous waste and material flow analysis based on hazardous waste producing businesses in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Made Wahyu Widyarsana ◽  
Aurilia Ayuanda Mulyadi ◽  
Suci Ameliya Tambunan
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Industrial Sectors

Abstract This research was conducted to (1) determine the hazardous waste generation from the industrial sector in Indonesia in 2019, (2) predict the hazardous waste generation in 2040, and (3) determine the waste material flow. This study's secondary data comes from past studies related to hazardous waste management in Indonesia's industrial sector. In this study, predicting hazardous waste generation used 2 (two) methods: the Annual Average Growth Rate and the Unit Gross Industrial Output Value. The last method used the assumption that Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) generate 10% of the total hazardous waste in Indonesia's industrial sector, while the Medium and Large Enterprises (MLEs) generate 85% of the total hazardous waste. In 2019, the total hazardous waste generation reached 573,351,835.37 tonnes yr-1. The hazardous waste projection from Indonesia's industrial sectors in 2040 reached 1,066,603,307.02 tonnes yr-1 to 1,298,591,111.95 tonnes yr-1. Based on the Material Flow Analysis, 68.66% of the hazardous waste was managed by disposing 11% of the hazardous waste in landfill, utilizing 31.44% of the waste, while 31.37% of the hazardous waste goes to hazardous waste transfer depots, and only 1.24% of the hazardous waste was processed. Meanwhile, 31.34% of the hazardous waste is considered to be unmanaged and pollute the land. Thus, it is necessary to have a reliable and integrated hazardous waste management system to reduce the negative impacts on the environment and human health.

The challenge of medical waste management: a case study in northwest Iran-Tabriz

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Taghipour ◽  
Mohammad Mosaferi
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The City

This article presents the results of a descriptive cross-sectional study on medical waste management in Tabriz (Iran's fourth largest city). The study was conducted in 10 of 25 active hospitals of the city in the summer of 2007. The methodology of the present study was based on data collected from hospitals through a checklist, site visits (observation), and quantity analysis by weight. The results indicated that more than 13.59 tonnes day—1 of total medical waste and 4.06 tonnes day—1 of hazardous-infectious medical waste are generated by the active hospitals of the city. Currently, there are no practical instructions, or suitable supervision on different levels of waste management. The health authorities and hospital managers do not accept sufficient responsibility for the medical waste due to financial problems and the lack of awareness regarding the hazards of medical waste. Segregation and minimization of waste are not carried out correctly in any of the hospitals. The use of protective measures by staff and temporary storage areas was not in agreement with standards in 70 and 60% of the hospitals in the present study, respectively. About 50% of the hospitals had been equipped with an incinerator, but all but one (10%) of them had been phased out due to operation and maintenance problems, air pollution, etc. Almost all of the hospitals have a waste management officer, but there is not an effective training programme for the staff. Infectious-hazardous medical waste is mixed with general waste, and it is disposed of in a municipal waste landfill, which is an unsanitary dumpsite. Illegal segregation and recycling of medical waste is carried out at the final disposal site; therefore, there are concerns about environmental pollution and the transmission of infectious diseases. It is proposed that, through the allocation of increased budgets, implementation of integrated segregation, minimization of waste, and creation of a training programme in the hospitals, the quantity of medical waste would be decreased (by about 70.11%). Considering the previous unsuccessful experience of on-site incineration in Tabriz (and in Iran's other large cites), an amendment should be made to Iran's current hazardous waste regulations to have infectious-hazardous waste sent to a central off-site autoclave or incinerator for treatment. The off-site autoclave would have some advantages, such as decreased air pollution. Of course, some health officials oppose this plan. To test this plan and receive the official's approval, a central off-site autoclave can be put into practice as a pilot.

scholarly journals Hazardous Wastes and Waste Generation Factors Originating from Battery and Accumulator Manufacturing Sector in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Senem Bayar ◽  
Nihal Bektaş ◽  
Mehmet S. Öncel ◽  
Güleda O. Engin ◽  
Yasemin Ç ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Manufacturing Sectors

Background: Accurate and realistic data regarding hazardous waste generation is required to make improvements in the effective management of hazardous wastes. Battery and accumulator manufacturing industry is one of the priority industries which was investigated in this study under the project named “Hazardous Waste Management in Compliance with European Union Environmental Regulations in Turkey”. The project investigated a number of different industries for the development of an internet-based system named as “The Hazardous Waste Declaration System” in order to meet the requirements of Turkey for hazardous waste management. Objective: In this paper, hazardous waste generation factors were asserted by means of the type and quantity of the hazardous waste originated from the battery and accumulator manufacturing sectors. Method: For this purpose, field studies were conducted in an industrial plant operating in the sector, in order to determine all inputs and outputs of the current manufacturing process utilized. Concurrently, hazardous waste generation declarations made by the industries in the years 2009 and 2010 to the Hazardous Waste Declaration System were evaluated and a range of hazardous waste generation factors were created using the possible minimum and maximum quantities for each waste and the results were compared with the data given in the literature. Results: This paper presents the waste lists and the hazardous waste generation factors for the battery and accumulator manufacturing sectors. Conclusion: It is believed that the study will provide invaluable information for other battery and accumulator manufacturing industries from the point of types and quantities and the management of hazardous wastes generated.

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