Comparative life cycle assessment of emergency disposal scenarios for medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic attracts concerns globally and leads to an exponential increase in medical waste generation, and disposal of medical waste is an urgent need for preventing the epidemic spread. Emergency disposal scenarios of medical waste generated during the COVID-19 pandemic require a systematic assessment to quantify their potential environmental impacts. The environmental impacts and key factors of three movable disposal scenarios (i.e. incineration disposal vehicle, movable steam and microwave sterilization equipment both followed by co-incineration with municipal solid waste) were quantified via life cycle assessment approach. Furthermore, the environmental impacts of three movable disposal and two co-incineration scenarios were compared via life cycle assessment by expanding s

SUBMITTER: Zhao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7997725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature