Environmental Survival of SARS-CoV-2 - A Solid Waste Perspective

Overview

Journal Environ Res

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2021 Mar 29

PMID 33775678

Citations 20

Authors

Mahalaxmi Iyer

Sushmita Tiwari

Kaviyarasi Renu

Md Younus Pasha

Shraddha Pandit

Bhupender Singh

Neethu Raj

Saikrishna Krothapalli

Hee Jeong Kwak

Venkatesh Balasubramanian

Soo Bin Jang

Dileep Kumar G

Anand Uttpal

Arul Narayanasamy

Masako Kinoshita

Mohana Devi Subramaniam

Senthil Kumar Nachimuthu

Ayan Roy

Abilash Valsala Gopalakrishnan

Parthasarathi Ramakrishnan

Ssang-Goo Cho

Balachandar Vellingiri

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Abstract

The advent of COVID-19 has kept the whole world on their toes. Countries are maximizing their efforts to combat the virus and to minimize the infection. Since infectious microorganisms may be transmitted by variety of routes, respiratory and facial protection is required for those that are usually transmitted via droplets/aerosols. Therefore this pandemic has caused a sudden increase in the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, masks, and many other important items since, the evidence of individual-to-individual transmission (through respiratory droplets/coughing) and secondary infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). But the disposal of these personal protective measures remains a huge question mark towards the environmental impact. Huge waste generation demands proper segregation according to waste types, collection, and recycling to minimize the risk of infection spread through aerosols and attempts to implement measures to monitor infections. Hence, this review focuses on the impact of environment due to improper disposal of these personal protective measures and to investigate the safe disposal methods for these protective measures by using the safe, secure and innovative biological methods such as the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ultraviolet (UV) lights for killing such deadly viruses.

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