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The impact of COVID-19 is transforming the way we live, from one day to the next. While national and local interventions are largely focused on protecting lives and economies,<\/div>\n
 management of hazardous waste is also essential to minimize long-term risks to human and environmental health.<\/div>\n
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A new publication – Waste Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: from response to recovery – reviews current practices for managing waste from healthcare facilities, households and quarantine locations <\/div>\n
accommodating people with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. Jointly produced by the International <\/div>\n
Environmental Technology Centre of UNEP and the Institute for <\/div>\n
Global Environmental Strategies , the report considers various approaches, identifies best practices and <\/div>\n
technologies, and provides recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners to improve waste management, over the long term.<\/div>\n
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Drawing insight from numerous consultations, the report gives particular attention to developing countries <\/div>\n
and cities, which may already lack adequate waste management. Cognizant of local conditions, practices <\/div>\n
that are operationally and technically plausible are identified and recommendations include ways to adapt <\/div>\n
existing protocols and practices, at both emergency and recovery stages.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The impact of COVID-19 is transforming the way we live, from one day to the next. While national and local interventions are largely focused on protecting lives and economies,  management of hazardous waste is also essential to minimize long-term risks to human and environmental health. A new publication – Waste Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: from response to recovery – reviews current practices for managing waste from healthcare facilities, households and quarantine locations  accommodating people with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. Jointly produced by the International  Environmental Technology Centre of UNEP and the Institute for  Global Environmental Strategies , the report considers various approaches, identifies best practices and  technologies, and provides recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners to improve waste management, over the long term. Drawing insight from numerous consultations, the report gives particular attention to developing countries  and cities, which may already lack adequate waste management. Cognizant of local conditions, practices  that are operationally and technically plausible are identified and recommendations include ways to adapt  existing protocols and practices, at both emergency and recovery stages.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-incinerators"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiclover.com\/products\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}