Amount Of Medical Waste Research Articles

Impact of Covid-19 on Domestic Wastes after Lockdown

To combat the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Government of India implemented a lockdown plan. The study's major goal was to evaluate the impact of lockdown over household trash, focusing on mask use and handling habits. An online questionnaire survey was done on n=268 households in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, India, using the snowball sampling approach and n=34 waste collectors were interviewed offline. The population uses an average of two masks every week. Aside from that, a major per cent of participants observed an increase in the amount of medical waste in their household trash can during COVID–19 compared to prior years. The waste collectors noticed differences in the waste's physical qualities, such as a higher percentage of dry waste compared to moist waste. To reduce waste generation and overburdening at waste treatment sites, the "3R Masks Waste Reduction Model" has been proposed.

Instrument Development to Measure the Medical Waste Management Performance in Healthcare Centers, Bandung, West Java

BACKGROUND: Medical waste produced by healthcare centers needs to be managed according to the requirements to prevent disease transmission and environmental pollution. An instrument is required to assess the performance of healthcare centers in Indonesia in managing their medical waste. AIM: This study aims to develop an instrument to assess medical waste handling performance indicators in Indonesia’s healthcare centers (Puskesmas). METHODS: We used qualitative and quantitative methods to ensure performance indicator instruments’ validity, reliability, and quality. Data samples were taken from 70 healthcare centers in Bandung city. The performance assessment tools were created using 20 indicators, taking into account the instrument’s validity and reliability. RESULTS: Results revealed that medical waste management’s performance in healthcare centers in Bandung was under the good category (60.0%). The best waste management performance categories were shown by healthcare centers level 1 (100.0), level 2 (66.7%) and level 3 (46.2%), also healthcare centers with Basic Emergency Neonatal Obstetrics Services (PONED) services (100.0%). Our results showed that financial, storage and healthcare with PONED services correlate with the amount of medical waste managed. CONCLUSIONS: The instrument developed can be used to assess, monitor, and evaluate medical waste management performance in healthcare centers and become part of healthcare centers’ accreditation.

The Impact of Economic Growth and Tiered Medical Policy on the Medical Waste Generation: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve Model

Medical waste has a high environmental risk, economic development and medical policies can affect medical waste generation. Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) is an important indicator to measure the macroeconomic development status, and the tiered medical policy plays an important role in the process of China’s medical reform. The study considered the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) of medical waste generation (MWG) in eight cities in China from 2013 to 2019, using economic indicator (GDP per capita) and policy indicator (tiered medical policy) to reveal the impact of economic development and medical policy on MWG. Furthermore, residents, especially the elderly, are the main consumers of medical resources, and medical institutions are the main places where medical waste is generated. Education level can affect waste management practices. Therefore, the research introduced population size, number of medical institutions, aging degree and education level as control variables. The results confirmed the validity of the N-shaped EKC curve between medical waste and GDP per capita. The amount of medical waste would continue to increase with economic growth, but the growth rate was not fixed. Implementing the tiered medical policy had shown a trend towards reducing medical waste. Population size and aging degree positively affected the generation of medical waste. The number of medical institutions negatively affected the generation of medical waste. The effect of education level on MWG could be ignored. Based on the empirical analysis results, this research put forward relevant policy suggestions in the light of medical waste management practice in China.

Correlation between knowledge and medical waste management practices of puskesmas officers in Medan City

Health care industry has contributed to the increasing amount of medical waste. It is very important for health care providers to have the necessary knowledge to practice medical waste management. The study aims to determine the correlation between knowledge and solid medical waste management practices by city health center (puskesmas) officers in Medan City in 2021. This study was an analytical observational study and was collected using questionnaires to 41 puskesmas officers in Medan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The independent variable was knowledge of puskesmas officer in solid medical waste management and the dependent variable was practice of puskesmas officer in solid medical waste management. The result is there are puskesmas officers who have less knowledge and less practice as many as 2 respondents (4,9%), puskesmas officers who have less knowledge and good practice as many as 6 respondents (14,6%), puskesmas officers who have good knowledge and good practice as many as 1 respondent (2,4%), and puskesmas officers who have good knowledge and good practice as many as 32 respondents (78%). The results of the statistical test obtained a p-value of 0.032, so there is correlation between the level of knowledge and solid medical waste management practices at puskesmas in Medan City in 2021. To improve knowledge and practice of medical waste management, it is recommended for puskesmas officers to attend training and implement the standard operating procedures and for the government, it is recommended for carrying out training, providing adequate temporary disposal sites, and supervising medical waste management.

Development of cellulosic material-based microchannel device capable of fluorescence immunoassay of microsamples.

Microfluidic immunoassay devices are a promising technology that can quickly detect biomarkers with high sensitivity. Recently, many studies implementing this technology on paper substrates have been proposed for improving cost and user-friendliness. However, these studies have identified problems with the large volume of sample required, low sensitivity, and a lack of quantitative accuracy and precision. In this paper, we report a novel structure implemented as a cellulosic material-based microchannel device capable of quantitative immunoassay using small sample volumes. We fabricated microfluidic channels between a transparent cellophane film and water-resistant paper to facilitate loading of small-volume samples and reagents, with a 40-μm-wide immunoreaction matrix constructed in the center of the microchannel using highly precise photolithography. A fluorescence sandwich immunoassay for C-reactive protein (CRP) was successfully implemented that required only a 1-μL sample volume and a 20-min reaction time. We confirmed that the limit of detection of the device was 10-20 ng/mL with a coefficient of variation under 5.6%, which is a performance level comparable to conventional plastic-based human CRP enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. We expect that such devices will lead to the elimination of large amounts of medical waste from the use of ubiquitous diagnostics, a result that is consistent with environmental sustainability goals.

Medical Waste from COVID-19 Pandemic-A Systematic Review of Management and Environmental Impacts in Australia.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global medical emergency. The unforeseen occurrence of a pandemic of this magnitude has resulted in overwhelming levels of medical waste and raises questions about management and disposal practices, and environmental impacts. The amount of medical waste generated from COVID-19 since the outbreak is estimated to be 2.6 million tons/day worldwide. In Australia, heaps of single-use gowns, facemasks/face shields, aprons, gloves, goggles, sanitizers, sharps, and syringes are disposed everyday as a result of the pandemic. Moreover, the establishment of new home/hotel quarantine facilities and isolation/quarantine centres in various Australian states and territories have increased the risks of transmission among people in these facilities and the likelihoods of general waste becoming contaminated with medical waste. This warrants the need to examine management and disposal practices implemented to reduce the transmission and spread of the virus. This study reviews the various management and disposal practices adopted in Australia for dealing with medical waste from the COVID-19 pandemic and their impacts on public health and the environment. To achieve the aims of this study, prior studies from 2019–2021 from various databases are collected and analysed. The study focuses on generation of medical waste from COVID-19, management and disposal methods, current problems/challenges and environmental and public health impacts. Considering the enormous risks involved and the significance of appropriate handling and disposal of medical waste from COVID-19, this study provides insights on short and long term responses towards managing COVID-19 waste in Australia. The study contributes to Australia’s efforts against the transmission and spread of COVID-19 and provides recommendations for the development of workable and sustainable strategies for mitigating similar pandemics in the future.

Assessment of medical waste generation, associated environmental impact, and management issues after the outbreak of COVID-19: A case study of the Hubei Province in China.

COVID-19 greatly challenges the human health sector, and has resulted in a large amount of medical waste that poses various potential threats to the environment. In this study, we compiled relevant data released by official agencies and the media, and conducted data supplementation based on earlier studies to calculate the net value of medical waste produced in the Hubei Province due to COVID-19 with the help of a neural network model. Next, we reviewed the data related to the environmental impact of medical waste per unit and designed four scenarios to estimate the environmental impact of new medical waste generated during the pandemic. The results showed that a medical waste generation rate of 0.5 kg/bed/day due to COVID-19 resulted in a net increase of medical waste volume by about 3366.99 tons in the Hubei Province. In the four scenario assumptions, i.e., if the medical waste resulting from COVID-19 is completely incinerated, it will have a large impact on the air quality. If it is disposed by distillation sterilization, it will produce a large amount of wastewater and waste residue. Based on the results of the study, we propose three policy recommendations: strict control of medical wastewater discharge, reduction and transformation of the emitted acidic gases, and attention to the emission of metallic nickel in exhaust gas and chloride in soil. These policy recommendations provide a scientific basis for controlling medical waste pollution.

Fuzzy MCDM Model for Selection of Infectious Waste Management Contractors

Healthcare supply chains are under pressure to drive down costs because of digital business, shifting customer needs and new competition. Medical waste generated from medical facilities includes medical activities and daily-life activities of patients and their family members. According to statistics of the Department of Health Environmental Management, Vietnam currently has more than 13,500 medical facilities, including hospitals from central to provincial and district levels and private hospitals and medical facilities. Preventive medicine generates about 590 tons of medical waste/day and is estimated to be about 800 tons/day. Medical waste includes ordinary medical waste and hazardous medical waste; in which ordinary medical waste accounts for about 80%–90%, only about 10%–20% is hazardous medical waste including infectious waste and non-infectious hazardous waste. This is an environmental and occupational health issue that needs attention in developing countries like Vietnam. Handling large amounts of medical waste to ensure environmental and personal hygiene, doing so inefficiently creates potential hazards to the environment and increases operating costs. However, hospitals lack objective criteria and methods to evaluate and select the most optimal infectious medical waste, relying instead on their own subjective assessment and prior experience. Therefore, the author proposed a fuzzy multicriteria decision making (MCDM) model including Fuzzy Analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) and the Weighted Aggregated Sum-Product Assessment (WASPAS) for infectious medical waste contractors’ selection in this research. The proposed Fuzzy MCDM method is in-tended to provide a more efficient, accurate method in the selection of infectious medical waste contractors than subjective assessment methods, thus reduce potential risks to hospitals. The results of this study can be applied to evaluate and select contractors in other industries.

Impact of COVID-19 Case Numbers on the Emission of Pollutants from a Medical Waste Incineration Plant

This article examines the correlation between the amount of pollutants emitted from medical waste incinerator plant and the number of COVID-19 infections, based on the example of Podlaskie Voivodeship in Poland. This paper deals with the issues of medical waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thermal processing is characterised as a method of medical waste utilisation. The technological sequence of the medical waste incineration installation and the integrated exhaust gas cleaning system are discussed. The results of studies on the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere during combustion are compared with the number of COVID-19 cases in the same voivodeship to investigate how the coronavirus pandemic affects the amount of medical waste generated, thus the amount of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere. The Pearson's linear correlation coefficient and the Student's t-test are used to verify the results. The analysis results show a statistically significant, moderate positive correlation between the amount of covid waste and the number of COVID-19 cases (0.5140). In turn, there is also a statistically significant moderate correlation between the number of COVID-19 cases and emissions of SO2 (r = 0.6256, p = 0.010), NOx (0.5019, p = 0.048), and HCl (0.5130, p = 0.042). This correlation finding highlights additional costs to the environment and public health as the number of COVID-19 cases increase, which can be taken into account for pandemic planning by governments in the future.

Temperature-adjustable F-carbon nanofiber/carbon fiber nanocomposite fibrous masks with excellent comfortability and anti-pathogen functionality.

Wearing surgical masks remains the most effective protective measure against COVID-19 before mass vaccination, but insufficient comfortability and low antibacterial/antiviral activities accelerate the replacement frequency of surgical masks, resulting in large amounts of medical waste. To solve this problem, we report new nanofiber membrane masks with outstanding comfortability and anti-pathogen functionality prepared using fluorinated carbon nanofibers/carbon fiber (F-CNFs/CF). This was used to replace commercial polypropylene (PP) nonwovens as the core layer of face masks. The through-plane and in-plane thermal conductivity of commercial PP nonwovens were only 0.12 and 0.20W/m K, but the F-CNFs/CF nanofiber membranes reached 0.62 and 5.23W/m K, which represent enhancements of 380% and 2523%, respectively. The surface temperature of the PP surgical masks was 23.9 ℃ when the wearing time was 15min, while the F-CNFs/CF nanocomposite fibrous masks reached 27.3 ℃, displaying stronger heat dissipation. Moreover, the F-CNFs/CF nanofiber membranes displayed excellent electrical conductivity and produced a high-temperature layer that killed viruses and bacteria in the masks. The surface temperature of the F-CNFs/CF nanocomposite fibrous masks reached 69.2 ℃ after being connected to a portable power source for 60s. Their antibacterial rates were 97.9% and 98.6% against E. coli and S. aureus, respectively, after being connected to a portable power source for 30min.

Experimental & Numerical study on COVID-19 Waste Treatment Using a Gasification Type Incinerator: Laboratory Scale

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of personal protective equipment in the community has contributed to the increasing amount of medical waste. Medical waste from the COVID-19 pandemic is classified as infectious medical waste which is waste related to patients who need isolation from infectious diseases. one of the solutions offered is a medical waste incinerator. By studying the medical waste incinerator model in the hospital, the researchers finally took the initiative to do a simple incinerator design. the incinerator to be used is updraft gasifier type. It is hoped that the use of this incinerator will be able to solve the existing medical waste problem. In this study, the researchers use experemental approach to get the basic data from the reactor. After gain the data, then the researcher use numerical approach which is using ansys softwere to get a better look of the temperature contour on the rector. From both study, researcher can conclude tha it would take an upgrade on the existing blower to incenerate the medical waste on a safely temperature.

Medical Waste as a Source of Antibiotic Contamination in Wastewater

In modern conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, the amount of medical waste is sharply increasing, among which antibiotics that enter the environment from various sources are among the most hazardous from an environmental point of view. The article analyzes the sources of antibiotics coming with hospital wastewater. The majority of medical institutions for the population of our region have no local treatment facilities and antibiotics transit through them. The aim of this paper was to collect and analyze information on medical waste in medical institutions of the Baikal region as a source of antibiotics in water bodies and to assess environmental risks. Based on information on the procurement of antibiotics for medical institutions in the Irkutsk Region, it was established that the sources of pollution of natural waters with antibiotics are wastewater from agricultural enterprises, medical institutions, and home first-aid kits. The total amount of antibiotics circulating in the Irkutsk Region reaches 9.2 tons, the residual concentration of antibiotics in wastewater from various sources ranges from 0.3 to 3.9 mg/L. The hazard quotients for drinking water contaminated with antibiotics are of medium and low categories.

Correlation Knowledge and Attitude of Nurse Behaviour in Medical Waste Disposal in Inpatient Ward of The JIH Hospital Yogyakarta

Background: In Indonesia there is an increase in the amount of medical waste. Medical waste is still not managed properly and the amount is very large.Previous studies conducted found that nurses had less behavior in disposing both medical and non-medical waste (58,3%). Hospital waste management carried out by nurses and medical personnel, must be done properly and carefully. Method: This research was an analytic survey research with cross sectional approach. The population of this study were 150 nurses in the Inpatient Ward of JIH Hospital Yogyakarta. The sampling technique was simple random sampling, amounting to 60 people. The research instrument used questionnaire. The data analysis technique used chi-square test and logistic regression. Result: Nurses knowledge mostly in sufficient category (55%). Nurses attitude mostly in supportive category (56,7%). Nurses behavior mostly in good category (50%). There was correlation between knowledge and medical waste behavior with significant value 0,030 (p<0,05). There was correlation between attitudes and medical waste behavior with significant value 0,019 (p<0,05). Conclusion: There were correlations of knowledge and attitudes to the medical waste behavior on nurses in inpatient ward of JIH hospital Yogyakarta.

LIMBAH MASKER DI ERA PANDEMI: KEJAHATAN MENINGKAT ATAU MENURUN?

The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has not only disrupted the national and economic sectors of the economy and health, but has also disrupted the environment, particularly those related to medical waste. Mask waste, which is one type of medical waste, has increased dramatically, and in severity it can also cause various adverse impacts on the environment as described through various previous studies. This paper aims to find out how the behavior of Indonesian people in waste mask waste is through social control theory, to find out the increase in crime rates caused by medical waste, and to find out whether there is a correlation between society behavior and the increase in environmental crime due to COVID-19. This paper uses a quantitative method, by conducting a survey of 100 productive age groups in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek). The results showed that there was a significant correlation between society behavior in waste disposal and environmental improvement due to lack of control over waste disposal. Society's behavior in disposing of mask waste plays an important role in increasing the amount of medical waste as a form of environmental crime.

MO1052GREEN DIALYSIS: FROM MITH TO FUTURE

Abstract Background and Aims Over 2 million persons of the 7.8 billion world population undergo hemodialysis (HD). The need is underestimated because dialysis is not available free of charge for more of half of the word population. HD is costly process and produces a large quantity of medical waste. Reducing the environmental burden should be addressed as part of implementation dialysis programs. While collaboration between physicians and several different professionals is needed to design and develop projects in this direction, these are lingering and the literature is still scant. We overviewed literature to frame what is in progress and find clues for development. Method We conducted a systematic review of the literature from 2000 searching in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar using search keywords including dialysis, green, recycling, ecology. We retrieved 41 publications in medical and technological fields. The results were summarized in a narrative review. Results Facilities: the points on which attention is focused are the design of new buildings, whose project should encompass green solutions, including solar power and water conservation, to reduce long-term expenses and ensure an eco-friendly development. Water: water consumption remains high, and the essential targets to improve efficiency are the optimization of the reverse osmosis system, and of the dialysate flow rate, and the waste-water management. The current idea is to substitute standard reverse osmosis, which have a high percent of waste-water, with recirculating systems. Likewise, lowering of dialysate flow rate could spare water consumption with no significant difference in term of efficiency. Moreover, different solutions have been proposed to reuse reject water: local sanitation, laundry departments, sterilization units within health facilities using redirected water, landscaping and irrigation. Power: electricity needed per dialysis session is twice the average daily consumption of a family of four people. Use of renewable energies, as solar or wind power, has been proposed, and are occasionally applied to home HD. To date just one attempt has been made to recycling energy by using hydroturbine. Disposable materials: most of dialysis disposables is made of plastic, over half of which is labeled as “potentially hazardous”. Only a minimal part of the plastic used in dialysis disposables is recyclable, both because of its composition and its assembly which makes in fact impossible the segregation of the different components. Present research regards bioplastics, new assembling techniques, alternative technologies of incineration, microwave treatment, alkaline hydrolysis, biological treatment and the new steam sterilize-then-shred system. Dialysis machines: at the best of our knowledge there are no studies available about dialysis machine recycling. Personnel education: the role of dialysis staff is essential in recycling and reusing materials as well as in correctly dividing contaminated and non-contaminated waste. Conclusion The development of sustainable buildings, devices and procedures requires a multidisciplinary approach: medical, chemical, biological, engineering; in addition producers contribution and government regulation are needed. Talking about these issues, involving specialists, spreading the concepts of planet friendly treatments, gives the opportunity to share ideas, experiences and turn them into relevant innovations. A good starting point could be data collection to identify critical issues and outline pragmatic operational possibilities to reduce consumption, increase reuse and recycle, involve and instruct health care personnel, integrate dialysis facilities in the environment they are built in.

Safe distance-based vehicle routing problem: Medical waste collection case study in COVID-19 pandemic

In addition to the increasing population and rapid urbanization, the amount and variety of medical waste are rapidly increasing due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic affecting the whole world. COVID-19 does not only increase the amount of medical waste produced, medical wastes generated in the care of COVID-19 carries a high risk of transmission as well. In this regard, the safe and effective management of medical wastes has become a serious health and safety issue. This research aims to determine the safest and shortest transportation routes for medical waste vehicles. The safety scores used in this study were obtained in our previous study. The resulting safety scores were used in a multi-objective traveling salesman problem for deriving two objective functions, which are based on safety scores and total transportation distance. A conciliating solution was obtained by solving this linear programming model. The proposed model faced by health institutions in Istanbul has been applied for a specific district. According to the obtained results, suggestions for the direction of medical waste vehicles have been proposed.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on medical waste management in Lebanon.

Worldwide, there is a growing concern about the negative effects of infectious medical waste produced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the contamination risks associated with waste management. Therefore, measures to ensure that medical waste is managed safely and in an environmentally sound manner will avoid negative health and environmental effects from such waste, thus protecting the health of patients, health workers and the public in general. Despite that infectious medical waste generation rate is important for management planning and policy development, there is a limitation on national data availability and its accuracy, particularly in developing economies. This study analyses the infectious healthcare waste generation rates and management patterns in Lebanon before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimated average of COVID-19-related infectious healthcare waste generation in this study is 39,035 kg per month or 1.3 tonnes per day, which constitute between 5% and 20% of total infectious healthcare waste in Lebanon. This study illuminates on the impact of COVID-19 on the existing challenges of waste management in Lebanon. It highlights the need for proper management and disposal of the amounts of medical waste generated to reduce contamination risks or related environmental threats, particularly during the pandemic. It also shows that Lebanon has a defective system for monitoring of waste from healthcare institutions and gaps in waste statistics. Finally, the study summarizes recommendations related to medical waste management, which can provide valuable insight for policymakers.

Anestezi ile İlgili Tıbbi Atıkların Bertaraf Maliyetlerini Azaltmada Eğitimin Rolü

INTRODUCTION: Although it constitutes a small part of the general waste, medical waste management is important both due to its environmental impact and its cost. Creating education and awareness on reducing the amount of medical waste and increasing the amount of waste-recycling are some of the most important steps. The primary purpose of the study is to determine the role of education in reducing the cost of medical waste belonging to anesthesia, and the secondary purpose is to provide data for the development of educational materials used. METHODS: The anesthesia wastes of 22 operating rooms and 3 PACU were evaluated.Anesthetic wastes were collected and weighed at the end of the day without informing 26 anesthesiologists, 37 anesthesia technicians, and 30 anesthesia assistants.On the 2nd day, the education video link was shared with the participants, and afterwards they were asked to watch and answer the questionnaire prepared.The wastes were collected and weighed again after the training.The approximate annual saving cost was calculated over the medical waste disposal cost, which was determined as 3.50 ₺kg-1 (excluding VAT). RESULTS: The amount of anesthesia waste obtained from 22 operating rooms and 3 PACU was 36.90 kg for 57 cases before training, and 43.36 kg for 64 cases after training.The amount of medical waste was weighed as 461.2 g per case before the training, and 453.8 g per case after the training.It was observed that although not statistically significant, the amount of medical waste decreased (p=0.949).The cost of medical waste disposal decreased by 1.6%. It was learned that 51.3% of the anesthesia team had received training before, and 60.4% benefited from the training provided. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: With education, the amount of medical waste can be reduced.Although there is awareness about waste classification in our clinic, we believe that regular training should be done to reduce the amount of medical waste.

Environmental dimension of pandemic COVID-19: case studies of Indonesia

Pandemic COVID-19 adversely affects all aspects of life. Industries and transportation reduce its activities, causing a decline in demand for logistics significantly. In Indonesia, 2.8 people predicted will be laid off, 2.9-5.2 million people lose a job, unemployment will increase to 7.5%, poverty increases to 27.5 million people (10.2%), economic growth minus 5.32%. On the other side, the air quality index decreased from 155 at the end of March to 69 in April. The indicator of air quality (PM 2.5) decreased from 63.4 ug/m3 to be 20.8 ug/m3. However, there has been increased in the amount of medical waste and energy consumption. This research aims to identify the impacts of pandemic COVID-19 on the environment and the commitment of the government to deal with climate change-related to SDGs. The result of research shows that the new normal increases the number of people infected by COVID-19 significantly. The government’s commitment to dealing with climate change is decreased due to the policy to refocus and reallocate the budget to deal with pandemic COVID-19. It is required to balance the health aspect and economic aspect for the nation’s sustainability and people’s lives.

Negative and positive environmental perspective of COVID-19: air, water, wastewater, forest, and noise quality

ABSTRACT The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic driven by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus – 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become the most critical universal health disaster of this century. Millions of people are staying at home obeying lockdown to halt the spread of this novel virus. The spread of the virus has forced people to use the mask, gloves, hand sanitizer, etc. daily, and healthcare workers to use personal protection equipment following the WHO guidelines, resulting in huge amounts of medical waste. This pandemic has led to a slowdown of economic activities significantly, and consequently, stock markets have nosedived beyond speculation. Although the deadly coronavirus has taken away millions of precious lives and the livelihood of many sections of people worldwide, it has brought several positive changes in the world. Furthermore, it has led to a massive restoration of the environment and improved air and water quality. Pandemic showed the resilient nature of the environment, including air and water, when human activities are paused. In addition, we also discussed how this pandemic affects human lifestyle behavior.