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Ahmed Ali Hassan, Terry Tudor and Mentore Vaccari
Healthcare waste (HCW) represents a major public health issue, especially in developing countries. Among HCW categories, sharps waste is one of the most hazardous. Exposure to needle-stick injuries can lead to blood-borne pathogens, therefore HCW should ...
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Ahmed Ali Hassan, Terry Tudor and Mentore Vaccari
Healthcare waste (HCW) represents a major public health issue, especially in developing countries. Among HCW categories, sharps waste is one of the most hazardous. Exposure to needle-stick injuries can lead to blood-borne pathogens, therefore HCW should ...
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Ahmed Ali Hassan, Terry Tudor and Mentore Vaccari
Healthcare waste (HCW) represents a major public health issue, especially in developing countries. Among HCW categories, sharps waste is one of the most hazardous. Exposure to needle-stick injuries can lead to blood-borne pathogens, therefore HCW should ...
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Adam Edward Bell and Khire Rushikesh Ulhas
Food waste is a critical issue affecting the world, and more research is needed to find ways to reduce it. Much of the existing research has examined supply chain inefficiencies and plate waste in restaurants and homes, while few researchers have studied...
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Priyanka V. Patil, R. K. Kamble
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Giovanni De Feo and Sabino De Gisi
The state of the art on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is based on the domestic separation of materials produced. After domestic separation, the resident has to transfer the separated materials to the MSW manager through the hands of collection w...
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Giovanni De Feo and Sabino De Gisi
The state of the art on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is based on the domestic separation of materials produced. After domestic separation, the resident has to transfer the separated materials to the MSW manager through the hands of collection w...
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Priyanka V. Patil, R. K. Kamble
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Solid waste management has important occupational health issues associated with it. Out of 204 solid waste collecting workers of Chandrapur Municipal Corporation, 20 workers were selected (10% of the population) as sample size (15 female and 5 male) and ...
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Ana Dionísio, Teresa P. Cotrim, Júlia Teles and José Carvalhais
The growing production of waste and increased use of water and sanitation systems worldwide have been pressuring the water, sanitation, and waste sectors. This study analyzed the perception of the determinants of work activity among workers from the wate...
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The construction sector is a key component of a nation’s gross domestic product, but its inherent nature results in potentially dangerous conditions that affect the safety of all workers on construction projects (CPs). Therefore, the original idea ...
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Flavia Adorno Landim,Claudia de Oliveira D'Arêde,Luiz Roberto Santos Moraes
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Ao se estudar e analisar resíduos sólidos, nota-se a relação entre os aspectos ocupacionais, ambientais e de saúde. Os resíduos sólidos provenientes de materiais contendo amianto são comprovadamente nocivos, causando o adoecimento dos trabalhadores e cul...
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Mustafa Attrah, Amira Elmanadely, Dilruba Akter and Eldon R. Rene
Many nations struggle with the collection, separation, and disposal of medical waste. However, extra caution is required to avoid the risk of injury, cross-contamination, and infection; thus, healthcare workers and individuals responsible for waste manag...
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Erica Pascale, Elena Franchitti, Chiara Caredda, Stefania Fornasero, Giulia Carletto, Biancamaria Pietrangeli, Francesco Valentino, Paolo Pavan, Giorgio Gilli, Elisa Anedda and Deborah Traversi
Environmentally sustainable methods of waste disposal are a strategic priority. For organic waste management and innovative biological treatments present advantageous opportunities, although organic waste treatment also includes environmental drawbacks, ...
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Thiago J. T. Cruz, Mariele I. S. Melo and Sibele Pergher
The synthesis of zeolites using waste as a source of Si and Al is well known, and light coal ash has been studied to minimize the problems of waste management and mitigate environmental effects. The residue used in this work was supplied by Coal Workers ...
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Agnieszka Bielecka and Joanna Kulczycka
Coal combustion products can be considered as commercial products or waste depending on the quality of the coal, the combustion process, and the country?s legislation. The circular economy can create incentives for the implementation of new business mode...
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Damián Burneo, José M. Cansino and Rocio Yñiguez
Urban mining by recyclers represents a positive environmental impact as well as being part of the waste management chain. This paper analyzes the contribution of waste pickers in the city of Cuenca in Ecuador and the conditions of their activity. This re...
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Deepali Agrawal,Parag Dalal,J. K. Srivastava
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Biomedical waste management is receiving larger attention because of recent regulations of the biomedical Wastes (Management & Handling Rules, 1998). Inadequate management of biomedical waste may be associated with risks to healthcare employees, pati...
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Matthias Beck
This paper revisits work on the socio-political amplification of risk, which predicts that those living in developing countries are exposed to greater risk than residents of developed nations. This prediction contrasts with the neoliberal expectation tha...
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Juan José Maldonado-Miranda, Ángel Josabad Alonso-Castro, Candy Carranza-Álvarez
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Hairdressing salons offer a wide range of services including treatments for hair and skin. However, these activities result in the production of residues that are improperly discharged into drainage, generating a negative impact on the environment. This ...
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Andreia Moreira and Manuela Vieira da Silva
The main objective of this review was to determine the main risks that agricultural workers are exposed to during pesticide application, which may have a harmful effect on their health and on public health. This systematic review was based on the PRISMA ...
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