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. 2021 Feb 23;275:130092. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130092

Table 1.

List of some common materials of COVID-19 Medical Waste (CMW) and their associated plastic wastes.

S.No. Disposable sources Common materials of COVID-19 Medical Waste Types of Plastic waste
1 Hospitals, Medical Clinics, Health-care centers, Research and Development sectors, Home Quarantine, Household, COVID test kits, Masks, respirators, syringes, feeding tubes, oxygen pipes, suction probes, saline bottles, catheters, gloves, aprons, Shoe masks, face masks, caps, covers, goggles∖glasses, clothing, and packaging bags, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), HDEP (High density polyethylene), LDEP (low density polyethylene), PVC (poly vinyl chloride), PP (Polypropylene) and PS (polystyrene).