Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain)

ABSTRACT: The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has involved a series of political and social measures that have been adapted to the spread of the disease. Apart from the severe effects on health sector, the most effects of the pandemic have been felt in households and day-to-day life. Consequently, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the generation of not only medical and health care waste but also of municipal solid waste production and composition. In this context, this work studied the implications of COVID-19 for municipal solid waste generation in Granada, Spain. Granada is a city where the economy is based mainly on the services sector, tourism and the University. Therefore, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the city and it can be analyzed through the municipal solid waste gen

SUBMITTER: Peula F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10156574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature