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Table 2.

The PPE Demand and The Energy Consumption (estimated amounts are subject to fluctuations, mostly grows).

PPE/Devices and Weight	Estimated Demand	Estimated Energy Consumption
Mask 12–13 g/pcs^a	129 G/month^b	1.29 TWh/month = ∼4.6 PJ/month (By considering the energy consumption for masks production is 0.000792–0.0342 kWh/pcs^c, taking 0.01 kWh/pcs for the estimation). Refer to Section 3 for further discussion on emissions
Gloves ∼7 g/pair^d	65 G/month^b	1.95 GWh/month = ∼7.02 TJ/month (by considering the energy consumption for gloves production is 3 × 10⁻⁵ kWh/pair^g)
Fast Test kit (without gloves) ∼14 g/test^d	390 M^e (18 August 2020)	168 TJ (By considering the energy consumption of plastics production is 30.82 MJ/kg^f)
Shield ∼81 g/pcs^d	1.59 M/month^b	3.9 TJ/month (By considering the energy consumption of plastics production is 30.82 MJ/kg^f)

Notes.

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[34] - in the case of shield the demand for googles are applied.

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Based on the estimation by the authors.

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