Environmental Impact of Surgical Masks Consumption in Italy Due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

CO2 emission COVID-19 Carbon Footprint SDGs environmental pollution face masks waste

Journal

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 1996-1944
Titre abrégé: Materials (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101555929

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 08 01 2022
revised: 15 02 2022
accepted: 08 03 2022
entrez: 25 3 2022
pubmed: 26 3 2022
medline: 26 3 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The COVID-19 pandemic suddenly changed the lifestyle of billions of people. Face masks became indispensable to protect from the contagion providing a significant environmental impact. The aim of this work is to propose possible solutions to decrease masks' impact on the environment. For this reason, different masks (surgical and fabric) were considered, and the CO

Identifiants

pubmed: 35329499
pii: ma15062046
doi: 10.3390/ma15062046
pmc: PMC8949017
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
ID : CUP D86C18000520008

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Auteurs

Antonella Cornelio (A)

INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

Alessandra Zanoletti (A)

INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

Stefania Federici (S)

INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

Luca Ciacci (L)

Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research "Renewable Resources, Environment, Sea and Energy", Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Laura Eleonora Depero (LE)

INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

Elza Bontempi (E)

INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

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