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Research Article

Plastic waste management and safety disinfection processes for reduced the COVID-19 Hazards

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Pages 1-14 | Received 15 Feb 2022, Accepted 28 Feb 2023, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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Table 1. Research published in 2022 on plastic waste management based on COVID-19 pandemics.

Figure 1. Schematic drawings of (a) woven, (b) nonwoven, and (c) knitted fabrics (above) and a medical mask made from non-woven PP fabrics (below).

Show how the manufacture of woven,nonwoven and knitted fabric.
Figure 1. Schematic drawings of (a) woven, (b) nonwoven, and (c) knitted fabrics (above) and a medical mask made from non-woven PP fabrics (below).

Figure 2. Applying management science methods to solve COVID-19 waste issues and highlighting the important methods for optimizing decision-making.

It is highlighting the important methods for optimising the decision-making to solve COVID-19 waste issues.
Figure 2. Applying management science methods to solve COVID-19 waste issues and highlighting the important methods for optimizing decision-making.

Figure 3. Medical waste management of disinfection and disposal practices.

Procedures for disposing of and disinfecting medical waste.
Figure 3. Medical waste management of disinfection and disposal practices.

Figure 4. Represents the mechanism of microwaves in which coronaviruses are disinfected by their irradiation and the difference between the microwave and the traditional technique of disinfecting coronavirus waste, such as an autoclave.

represents the way in which microwaves work to disinfect coronaviruses through their irradiation and how that differs from the more conventional methods of doing so, including using an autoclave.
Figure 4. Represents the mechanism of microwaves in which coronaviruses are disinfected by their irradiation and the difference between the microwave and the traditional technique of disinfecting coronavirus waste, such as an autoclave.

Figure 5. The Eight Advanced and unadvanced categories of medical waste management.

Figure 5. The Eight Advanced and unadvanced categories of medical waste management.

Figure 6. The inverted microscope images of (a) un-irradiated and (b) irradiated face mask samples at dose of 25 kGy.

The inverted microscope images of samples of a 25 kGy dose of radiation on a face mask that were irradiated and unirradiated.
Figure 6. The inverted microscope images of (a) un-irradiated and (b) irradiated face mask samples at dose of 25 kGy.

Figure 7. The DSC thermogram of (a) un-irradiated and (b) irradiated face mask samples at dose of 25 kGy.

The DSC thermograms of samples irradiated at dose of 25 kGy.
Figure 7. The DSC thermogram of (a) un-irradiated and (b) irradiated face mask samples at dose of 25 kGy.

Figure 8. The FTIR charts of (a) un-irradiated and (b) irradiated face mask samples at dose of 25 kGy.

The FTIR charts of irradiated samples of a face mask.
Figure 8. The FTIR charts of (a) un-irradiated and (b) irradiated face mask samples at dose of 25 kGy.

Figure 9. Outlines the gamma irradiation that disinfects coronaviruses waste and how the biohazard materials become more safe and recyclable after exposure to gamma irradiation.

Explains how biohazard materials become more safe and recyclable after being exposed to gamma irradiation, which disinfects coronavirus waste.
Figure 9. Outlines the gamma irradiation that disinfects coronaviruses waste and how the biohazard materials become more safe and recyclable after exposure to gamma irradiation.