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- - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in plastic waste due to heightened hygiene practices and the extensive use of personal protective equipment (PPE) like gloves and Hazmat suits.
- - The surge in production of single-use plastics, particularly in testing and healthcare settings, has created challenges for effective plastic waste management and contributed to growing environmental concerns.
- - To address this issue, it's essential to implement policies that encourage behavioral change, improve waste management strategies, and foster public-private partnerships to mitigate plastic waste and prevent similar crises in the future.
Article Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic has increased the amount of plastic burden to environment and complexities of plastic waste management. Change in behavioral pattern with advent of this pandemic led to increased practice of hygiene and increased use of different types of personal protective equipment. Unfortunately, rapid rise in production of the PPEs (like Hazmat suit, gloves, etc.) and single-use plastics used in RT-PCR and other testing are the biggest source for increased non-biodegradable plastic waste leading to amplified burden on plastic waste management. A number of measures like prioritizing the policies directed towards changes at behavioral, social and institutional level need to be started. Also, reduction in plastic waste along with proper plastic waste management policies should be implemented. To prevent the transition from one pandemic to other; improvement in government policies with public private partnership are the need of the hour.
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