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. 2022 Jan 4;29(18):27521–27533. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17859-8

Table 1.

Summary of the surveyed locations and corresponding PPE abundance. Note that, during the sampling campaign period, the government of Bangladesh imposed a 2-weeks countrywide lockdown, and within that period, the prevalence of PPE wastes was observed to be low compared to the normal time

Surveyed locations and sampling code Surveyed area (m2) PPE density (items/m2) Geographical location
Longitude Latitude
SA-1 710,500 3.6 × 10−4 22°24′08.4″N 91°50′14.0″E
SA-2 54,054 4.6 × 10−3 22°20′11.9″N 91°49′49.2″E
SA-3 58,823 4.8 × 10−3 22°19′32.9″N 91°48′47.3″E
SA-4 50,000 3.7 × 10−3 22°25′40.2″N 91°52′15.5″E
SA-5 66,743 2.2 × 10−3 22°18′29.1″N 91°47′49.9″E
SA-6 76,923 2.4 × 10−3 22°19′52.1″N 91°50′29.6″E
SA-7 62,500 2.6 × 10−3 22°21′21.9″N 91°48′27.3″E
SA-8 909,091 2.9 × 10−4 22°22′10.1″N 91°50′31.0″E
SA-9 81,289 1.9 × 10−3 22°21′34.7″N 91°49′10.8″E
SA-10 142,856 1.3 × 10−3 22°21′04.9″N 91°50′02.2″E
SA-11 250,000 2.6 × 10−3 22°22′07.4″N 91°50′37.7″E
SA-12 50,000 6.8 × 10−3 22°19′56.0″N 91°51′06.0″E
SA-13 125,000 1.5 × 10−3 22°19′22.9″N 91°51′32.9″E
SA-14 333,333 7.5 × 10−4 22°19′24.8″N 91°49′35.0″E
SA-15 270,000 1.6 × 10−3 22°20′06.6″N 91°50′50.8″E
SA-16 254,000 1.1 × 10−3 22°21′00.7″N 91°52′03.6″E
SA-17 54,000 4.3 × 10−3 22°22′30.6″N 91°48′46.7″E
SA-18 65,000 4.3 × 10−3 22°15′51.4″N 91°47′26.6″E
SA-19 51,000 2.4 × 10−3 22°21′35.0″N 91°49′22.5″E
SA-20 45,000 2.9 × 10−3 22°19′42.1″N 91°49′25.7″E
SA-21 85,000 1.1 × 10−3 22°14′06.6″N 91°47′29.8″E
Total 3,795,112 5.3 × 10−2 22°24′08.4″N 91°50′14.0″E
Mean ± SD 2.8 × 10−3 ± 1.7 × 10−3