Plastics in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: Protector or polluter?

Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts

(2020) Joel Hellewell et al.   Lancet Global Health

Can N95 Respirators Be Reused after Disinfection? How Many Times?

(2020) Lei Liao et al.   ACS Nano

Decontamination of Surgical Face Masks and N95 Respirators by Dry Heat Pasteurization for One Hour at 70°C

(2020) Yi Xiang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application

(2020) Stephen A. Lauer et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Clinical, molecular and epidemiological characterization of the SARS-CoV2 virus and the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a comprehensive literature review

(2020) Esteban Ortiz-Prado et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Evidence for decontamination of single-use filtering facepiece respirators

(2020) A. Polkinghorne et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1

(2020) Neeltje van Doremalen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

“This is our next problem”: Cleaning up from the COVID-19 response

(2020) Marc Kalina et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

COVID-19 virus outbreak lockdown: What impacts on household food wastage?

(2020) Sarra Jribi et al.   ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

N95 Reprocessing by Low Temperature Sterilization with 59% Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Maimuna Jatta et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Is it worth generating energy with garbage? Defining a carbon tax to encourage waste-to-energy cycles

(2020) Gustavo José Gonçalves Mollica et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics

(2020) Joana C. Prata et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Single-Use Plastics and COVID-19: Scientific Evidence and Environmental Regulations

(2020) R. C. Hale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DECONTAMINATION INTERVENTIONS FOR THE REUSE OF SURGICAL MASK PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

(2020) David J. Zorko et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Discarded Covid 19 gear: A looming threat

(2020) Sameep S. Shetty et al.   ORAL ONCOLOGY

Minimising the present and future plastic waste, energy and environmental footprints related to COVID-19

(2020) Jiří Jaromír Klemeš et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Review of life-cycle environmental consequences of waste-to-energy solutions on the municipal solid waste management system

(2020) Ioan-Robert Istrate et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Sustainable cycles and management of plastics: A brief review of RCR publications in 2019 and early 2020

(2020) Wei-Qiang Chen et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Challenges and solutions for addressing critical shortage of supply chain for personal and protective equipment (PPE) arising from Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic – Case study from the Republic of Ireland

(2020) Neil J. Rowan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Disinfection technology and strategies for COVID-19 hospital and bio-medical waste management

(2020) Sadia Ilyas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Management of used personal protective equipment and wastes related to COVID-19 in South Korea

(2020) Seung-Whee Rhee   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

Consumer food stockpiling behavior and willingness to pay for food reserves in COVID-19

(2020) Erpeng Wang et al.   Food Security

Decontamination Methods for Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators

(2020) Brooke M. Su-Velez et al.   JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Grocery Shopping Preferences during the COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Jasper Grashuis et al.   Sustainability

Infectious Waste Management Strategy during COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: an Integrated Decision-Making Framework for Selecting Sustainable Technologies

(2020) Amine Belhadi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Thermally bonded disinfectant for self-decontamination of fabric against SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Rafael K. Campos et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

The use of germicidal ultraviolet light, vaporized hydrogen peroxide and dry heat to decontaminate face masks and filtering respirators contaminated with a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus

(2020) L.F. Ludwig-Begall et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario

(2020) Tadele Assefa Aragaw   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics recycling after the global pandemic: resurgence or regression?

(2020) Sebastian Kahlert et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Disposable masks: Disinfection and sterilization for reuse, and non-certified manufacturing, in the face of shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Juan Carlos Rubio-Romero et al.   SAFETY SCIENCE

Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment

(2020) Oluniyi O. Fadare et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evaluation of decontamination methods for commercial and alternative respirator and mask materials – view from filtration aspect

(2020) Qisheng Ou et al.   JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE

Emergency response to the explosive growth of health care wastes during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China

(2020) Lie Yang et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Covid-19 effects on municipal solid waste management: What can effectively be done in the Brazilian scenario?

(2020) Carmenlucia Santos Giordano Penteado et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations

(2020) Ana L. Patrício Silva et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

COVID-19 pandemic: Solid waste and environmental impacts in Brazil

(2020) Rodrigo Custodio Urban et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Multi-material classification of dry recyclables from municipal solid waste based on thermal imaging

(2017) Sathish Paulraj Gundupalli et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

A review on automated sorting of source-separated municipal solid waste for recycling

(2017) Sathish Paulraj Gundupalli et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Evaluation of Microwave Steam Bags for the Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators

(2011) Edward M. Fisher et al.   PLoS One