Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc especially in 2020 and the first half of 2021 and has left severe after-effects affecting not only the health sector but also all aspects of human life. The aim of this study is to inspect the current trends of the quantities of hous...
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| author | Amina Mesbahi-Salhi Mohamed Kaizouri Bachir El Mouaz Madoui Wafa Rezaiguia Zihad Bouslama |
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| description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc especially in 2020 and the first half of 2021 and has left severe after-effects affecting not only the health sector but also all aspects of human life. The aim of this study is to inspect the current trends of the quantities of household waste produced during the first four waves of the pandemic. The study was carried out in Guelma city, northeastern of Algeria, where the first containment was registered on February 25, 2020, it concerns an Italian national (Mohamed et al. 2021). An increase in the production of household waste of approximately 14% during the first containment was recorded in the study area, with the interruption of recycling, which caused an enormous pressure on the technical landfill center of Guelma. The results showed that the trend of waste production decreased at the following averages: 205.80; 198.92; 196.69 and 192.43 tons, for the first four waves of COVID-19 respectively. Therefore, a return to the pre-pandemic state would be close, which dampens the impact and pressure on the landfill and the environment. This research allows for perceiving the waste management status in Algeria, between the pandemic and post-pandemic period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5816b2431c2475a8ff02e8f59331fb92023-11-29T10:43:06ZengPolish Academy of SciencesArchives of Environmental Protection2083-47722083-48102023-03-01vol. 49No 1103109https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2023.144743Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of AlgeriaAmina Mesbahi-Salhi0Mohamed Kaizouri1Bachir El Mouaz Madoui2Wafa Rezaiguia3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3716-6728Zihad Bouslama4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7420-6840Laboratory of Ecology of Earth and Aquatic Systems, University of Badji Mokhtar,Annaba, 23052, AlgeriaLaboratory of Ecology of Earth and Aquatic Systems, University of Badji Mokhtar,Annaba, 23052, AlgeriaLaboratory of Ecology of Earth and Aquatic Systems, University of Badji Mokhtar,Annaba, 23052, AlgeriaUniversity of Mohamed Cherif Messaadia, Souk-Ahras, 41043, AlgeriaLaboratory of Ecology of Earth and Aquatic Systems, University of Badji Mokhtar,Annaba, 23052, AlgeriaThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc especially in 2020 and the first half of 2021 and has left severe after-effects affecting not only the health sector but also all aspects of human life. The aim of this study is to inspect the current trends of the quantities of household waste produced during the first four waves of the pandemic. The study was carried out in Guelma city, northeastern of Algeria, where the first containment was registered on February 25, 2020, it concerns an Italian national (Mohamed et al. 2021). An increase in the production of household waste of approximately 14% during the first containment was recorded in the study area, with the interruption of recycling, which caused an enormous pressure on the technical landfill center of Guelma. The results showed that the trend of waste production decreased at the following averages: 205.80; 198.92; 196.69 and 192.43 tons, for the first four waves of COVID-19 respectively. Therefore, a return to the pre-pandemic state would be close, which dampens the impact and pressure on the landfill and the environment. This research allows for perceiving the waste management status in Algeria, between the pandemic and post-pandemic period.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/126527/PDF/AEP_vol49no1pp103_109.pdfcovid-19household waste managementlandfillrecycling |
| spellingShingle | Amina Mesbahi-Salhi Mohamed Kaizouri Bachir El Mouaz Madoui Wafa Rezaiguia Zihad Bouslama Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria Archives of Environmental Protection covid-19 household waste management landfill recycling |
| title | Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria |
| title_full | Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria |
| title_fullStr | Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria |
| title_short | Recycling and household waste insight: the impact after four successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study in Guelma city, North-East of Algeria |
| title_sort | recycling and household waste insight the impact after four successive waves of the covid 19 pandemic study in guelma city north east of algeria |
| topic | covid-19 household waste management landfill recycling |
| url | https://journals.pan.pl/Content/126527/PDF/AEP_vol49no1pp103_109.pdf |
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