Hydrothermal deconstruction of single-use personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

End-user acceptability of personal protective equipment disinfection for potential reuse: a survey of health-care workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

“…The materials used in PPE are comprised mainly of plastics and predominantly discarded in landfills; given the marked increase in PPE waste during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent need to address the finite waste stream of landfills, and reduce the volume of single-use PPE being utilised globally. 33 Costing exercises for particular disinfection units, including transport, emissions associated with disinfection, and number of disinfection cycles possible are all important areas of future research, should PPE disinfection for potential reuse be pursued.…”