Sustainable Medical Waste Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2990
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental chemistry; inorganic/organometallic/coordination chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medical waste and its associated issues pertaining to public health and environment is of global concern. In the current pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, the quantity of medical waste is tremendously increased which has threatened all nations over the globe. It is of utmost importance to estimate, quantify, segregate, treat, and manage medical waste in a judicious way. The identification of gaps in proper management of medical waste will not only save the environment and the society but will also lead to value added products. This Special Issue aims to focus on effective management of medical waste, to learn from the past and plan for future.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Quantification and estimation of medical waste;
- Sustainable management practices;
- Recycling medical waste into value added products;
- Reducing;
- Medical waste and its associated factors;
- Treatment of medical waste by its types;
- Characterization of medical waste;
- Challenges and opportunities in managing medical waste;
- Types of medical waste;
- Threats to the environment;
- Medical waste and public health;
- Legislations (past, present and future) and their effective implementation;
- Role of society in effective management of medical waste;
- Health hazards of medical waste;
- Circular economy of medical waste;
- Lesson from the current pandemic for future planning of medical waste.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ezzat Khan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- medical waste
- sustainable management
- estimation
- quantification
- treatment
- reducing
- recycling
- public health
- environmental impact
