Strategy for separation and treatment of disaster waste: a manual for earthquake and tsunami disaster waste management in Japan

Asari, Misuzu; Sakai, Shin-ichi; Yoshioka, Toshiaki; Tojo, Yasumasa; Tasaki, Tomohiro; Takigami, Hidetaka; Watanabe, Kohei

doi:10.1007/s10163-013-0154-5

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“…Nevertheless, unexpected increases in medical waste during emergencies will make it challenging to contain the spread of the virus and increase the challenges faced by waste management systems. Therefore, the safe and efficient disposal of medical waste during public health emergencies and continuous attention to the improvement of medical waste management are extremely important for safeguarding people's health and life ( Asari et al, 2013 ; Brown et al, 2011 ).…”

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What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan

Chen

Fang

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Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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The global pandemic caused by the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a dramatic increase in medical waste worldwide. This tremendous increase in medical waste is an important transmission medium for the virus and thus poses new and serious challenges to urban medical waste management. This study investigates the response of medical waste management to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent changes in Wuhan City based on the most detailed data available, including waste generation, storage, transportation, and disposal. The results show that despite a 5-fold increase in the demand for daily medical waste disposal in the peak period, the quick responses in the storage, transportation, and disposal sectors during the pandemic ensured that all medical waste was disposed of within 24 hours of generation. Furthermore, this paper discusses medical waste management during future emergencies in Wuhan. The ability of the medical waste management system in Wuhan to successfully cope with the rapid increase in medical waste caused by major public health emergencies has important implications for other cities suffering from the pandemic and demonstrates the need to establish resilient medical emergency systems in urban areas.

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What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan

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“…Japan Ministry of Environment (MOE) (2014b) also created guidelines for disaster waste management that contains methods for sorting, treating and/or recycling the disaster waste, in response to the Great east Japan earthquake in 2011. Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM) has also created a manual for treatment and recycling, taking into account the kinds of disaster waste (Asari et al, 2013). These have been provided to local municipalities and others.…”

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Environmental and economic evaluation of pre-disaster plans for disaster waste management: Case study of Minami-Ise, Japan

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Although it is important that disaster waste be demolished and removed as soon as possible after a natural disaster, it is also important that its treatment is environmentally friendly and economic. Local municipalities do not conduct environmental and economic feasibility studies of pre-disaster waste management; nevertheless, pre-disaster waste management is extremely important to promote treatment of waste after natural disasters. One of the reasons that they cannot conduct such evaluations is that the methods and inventory data required for the environmental and economic evaluation does not exist. In this study, we created the inventory data needed for evaluation and constructed evaluation methods using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) methodologies for future natural disasters. We selected the Japanese town of Minami-Ise for the related case study. Firstly, we estimated that the potential disaster waste generation derived from dwellings would be approximately 554,000t. Based on this result, the land area required for all the temporary storage sites for storing the disaster waste was approximately 55ha. Although the public domain and private land area in this case study is sufficient, several sites would be necessary to transport waste to other sites with enough space because local space is scarce. Next, we created inventory data of each process such as waste transportation, operation of the temporary storage sites, and waste treatment. We evaluated the environmental burden and cost for scenarios in which the disaster waste derived from specified kinds of home appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, air-conditioners and TV sets) was transported, stored and recycled. In the scenario, CO, SO, NO and PM emissions and total cost were 142t, 7kg, 257kg, 38kg and 1772 thousand USD, respectively. We also focused on SO emission as a regional pollution source because transportation and operation of the temporary storage sites generates air pollution. If the treatment of all waste were finished in 3years, the environmental standard would be satisfied by setting work duration to 4.8h/d.

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“…6:No. 1 January/February 2019 (Dash & Mohapatra, 2015), and mobile water purification system (Werber, Osuji & Elimelech, 2016;Savage & Diallo, 2005 Asari et al, 2013;EPA, 2008). [dS2, dO1, dO2] (S-O4) To educate the public on the "3R" concept (Agamuthu & Victor, 2011), toxicity of waste and its impact to human and environment (PAM, 2015), the importance of reducing disaster debris generation by building and strengthening their homes to resist floods (EPA, 2008), and the reuse and recycling of disaster debris (World Bank, 2008).…”

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“…However, there is no specific provision for disaster waste. Amendments may be made to the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 Asari et al, 2013;EPA, 2008) specific to the management of disaster waste. The 3R concept can be included as part of the disaster waste management system.…”

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Tows Matrix of Environmental Health Management for Flood Disaster in Malaysia

2019

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Background: Compared to its neighbouring countries, Malaysia is relatively free from severe natural disasters. In Malaysia, flood is the most commonly occurring natural disaster and has become an issue as it threatens lives and properties, as well as severely disrupts social and economic activities. In addition to causing the population to be exposed to adverse environmental conditions, a flood also disrupts environmental health services. Effective management of environmental health following a flood disaster is of primary importance. The aim of this article is to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the provision of clean water, sewage disposal, and disaster waste management for the flood disaster in Malaysia as well as to recommend viable improvements in the planning of environmental health management for the disaster. Materials and Methods: Articles and reports were accessed from PubMed, Medline, Google, Google Scholar, and by manual searches. This review was guided by the following research question: 'What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the current flood disaster management in Malaysia, specifically in the provision of clean water, sewage disposal, and disaster waste management?' The search terms include 'flood disaster', 'environmental health', 'clean water', 'sewage', 'disaster waste', 'evaluation', and 'Malaysia'. Result: 91 potentially relevant articles were identified, and 30 were assessed and reviewed in the final stage. The relevant points are clustered into the TOWS matrix to develop the strategies and recommendations for improvement. The strategies include strengths-opportunities, weaknesses-opportunities, strengths-threats, and weaknesses-threats. Conclusion: Four main elements that require improvement in the provision of clean water, sewage system, and disaster waste disposal during flood in Malaysia include areas of legislation, regulations, and guidelines, flood disaster management plan, public attitude and community resilience, as well as collaboration, cooperation, and partnership between local and international stakeholders. More empirical evidence and evaluation studies of the current environmental health management are required to provide critical information on the current local scenario and to guide the appropriate actions for improvement.

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Strategy for separation and treatment of disaster waste: a manual for earthquake and tsunami disaster waste management in Japan

Cited by 57 publications

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What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan

What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan

Environmental and economic evaluation of pre-disaster plans for disaster waste management: Case study of Minami-Ise, Japan

Tows Matrix of Environmental Health Management for Flood Disaster in Malaysia

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