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Waste generation as a side impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Communication on correct disposal of single-use face masks

2021-04-12

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The rapid global spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to urgent efforts to contain and mitigate transmission. The use of face masks became a primary measure to limit the spread, which increased the production and consequent waste generation. It is estimated that globally 129 billion single-use face masks are discharged into the environment every month. Besides to a...

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Literature Corpus work: 7c585c12-5762-5f19-a71a-fed259faf28f
DOI: 10.22541/au.161826821.17963320/v1

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