Feb. 1 (UPI) --COVID-19 medical waste has strained waste management systems, exposing a "dire need" for improvement, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. "Tens of thousands of tons of extra ...

Tens of thousands of metric tons of extra medical waste as hospitals and clinics scrambled to care for the millions struck with the COVID-19 virus has put tremendous strain on health-care waste ...

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic caught most of us off-guard, with governments and institutions having to quickly implement new safety policies and citizens rushing to acquire masks, gloves, and other cleaning ...

In a Bloomberg op-ed, recycling journalist and author Adam Minter writes of how the COVID-19 outbreak can pose several unique challenges for the U.S. waste collection and disposal industry. Minter ...

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed our life style, and even the environment around us, such as the reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions and the alleviation of water pollution.

The first case of the COVID-19 virus in the U.S. was diagnosed on Jan. 20. By March 26, the United States became the epicenter of the pandemic as domestic cases surpassed those in China and Italy for ...

Countless gloves, syringes and vaccine vials have been used as the world continues to fight COVID-19. Now the United Nations' World Health Organization says there's another problem resulting from the ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL — With more Department of Solid Waste Management employees out sick than normal because of the rapid spread of COVID-19, waste collection in Miami-Dade County is backed up ...