Abstract
Medical waste management is a significant aspect of public health due to its potential health risks on both the environment and humans. With the rise in of the coronavirus 2019 cases they has been an overwhelming increase of medical waste generation in hospitals. Despite been one of the most hit countries by the corona virus China has managed to handle the overwhelming medical waste by putting in place effective waste management strategies around the country. Considering the effectiveness of these medical waste management strategies put in place by China, this study explored the current measures and strategies employed. This is to enable other countries especially developing countries where the pandemic is still expanding and generating huge amount of medical waste to review effective strategies on how they can handle their medical waste. Keywords: medical waste, waste management, hospital, covid-19, China DOI: 10.7176/JEES/12-6-03 Publication date: June 30 th 2022
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