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Online Published: 10 Aug 2024
 


The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic

Ikrimah Usman Mohammed, Habiba Idris Adam.


Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of plastics in our daily lives. Because of their inherent properties, plastics in the form of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other single-use medical equipment, as well as packaging solutions, have emerged as a life-saver for protecting the health and safety of frontline health workers and ordinary citizens during the pandemic. However, because of their indiscriminate littering and mismanagement in the midst of this unprecedented crisis, personal protective equipment’s have been labeled as evil polluters. This article review and evaluates whether personal protective equipment’s are a public health protector or a polluter of the environment during a pandemic. Taking into account the benefits and limitations of PPEs, as well as its management or mismanagement, and it can be a protector if properly managed and supplemented by circular economy strategies such as reduction, recycling, and recovery, preventing leakage into the environment. Several decontamination techniques have been implemented globally to ensure the effective reprocessing of PPEs in order to prioritize the circular economy within the system. Policy guidelines encouraging the adoption of safer practices and sustainable technical solutions, as well as consumer education for awareness creation, are critical for preventing plastic from transforming from a protector with high utility to a polluter.

Key words: Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, Personal Protective Equipment, Pandemic, Waste, Environment


 
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Mohammed IU, Adam HI. The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. Eu J Sci Res Rev. 2024; 1(3): 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242

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Mohammed IU, Adam HI. The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.wisdomgale.com/ejsrr/?mno=205232 [Access: February 24, 2025]. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242

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Mohammed IU, Adam HI. The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. Eu J Sci Res Rev. 2024; 1(3): 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


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Mohammed IU, Adam HI. The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. Eu J Sci Res Rev. (2024), [cited February 24, 2025]; 1(3): 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


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Mohammed, I. U. & Adam, . H. I. (2024) The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. Eu J Sci Res Rev, 1 (3), 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


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Mohammed, Ikrimah Usman, and Habiba Idris Adam. 2024. The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. European Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews, 1 (3), 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


Chicago Style

Mohammed, Ikrimah Usman, and Habiba Idris Adam. "The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic." European Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews 1 (2024), 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


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Mohammed, Ikrimah Usman, and Habiba Idris Adam. "The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic." European Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews 1.3 (2024), 131-147. Print. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


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Mohammed, I. U. & Adam, . H. I. (2024) The environmental effects, pollutions, and waste from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the developed countries during Covid-19 pandemic. European Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews, 1 (3), 131-147. doi:10.5455/EJSRR.20240610093242


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