The COVID-19 pandemic and single-use plastic waste in households: A preliminary study

Leal Filho, W, Salvia, AL, Minhas, A, Paço, A and Dias-Ferreira, C (2021) The COVID-19 pandemic and single-use plastic waste in households: A preliminary study. Science of the Total Environment, 793. ISSN 0048-9697

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148571

Abstract

The Coronavirus pandemic promoted an unprecedented change in consumption habits, especially as lockdowns contributed to the increase in online shopping and in delivery services. One of the consequences is the substantial amounts of plastic waste produced, which can undermine the efforts to reduce plastic pollution. In this context, this commentary explores, as a preliminary study, the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic in relation to single-use plastic waste in households by means of an international survey with 202 participants distributed over 41 countries worldwide.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2021 10:39
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment, published by and copyright Elsevier.
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering Research Centres > Ecology and Environment Research Centre
Subject terms:	Humans, Plastics, Waste Management, Pandemics, COVID-19, COVID-19, Household waste, Plastic pollution, Waste generation, Waste management, COVID-19, Humans, Pandemics, Plastics, Waste Management, Environmental Sciences
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/628425
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148571
ISSN	0048-9697
e-ISSN	1879-1026

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