意大利因新冠疫情导致的外科口罩消费对环境的影响
Environmental Impact of Surgical Masks Consumption in Italy Due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
作者信息
Cornelio Antonella, Zanoletti Alessandra, Federici Stefania, Ciacci Luca, Depero Laura Eleonora, Bontempi Elza
机构信息
INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
出版信息
Materials (Basel). 2022 Mar 10;15(6):2046. doi: 10.3390/ma15062046.
The COVID-19 pandemic suddenly changed the lifestyle of billions of people. Face masks became indispensable to protect from the contagion providing a significant environmental impact. The aim of this work is to propose possible solutions to decrease masks' impact on the environment. For this reason, different masks (surgical and fabric) were considered, and the CO emissions associated with the mask materials production were calculated. Carbon Footprint (CF) for each material composing the masks was evaluated through the database Ces Selector 2019. The software Qgis (version 2.18.20) allows us to elaborate the CO emissions maps for each Italian region. Finally, for surgical masks, which are often imported from abroad, the CF related to transport was considered. It results that fabric masks are a sustainable solution to prevent contagion. The total CO emission associated with the use of fabric masks from the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020) to December 2021 resulted in about 7 kton compared to 350 kton for surgical masks.
新冠疫情突然改变了数十亿人的生活方式。口罩成为预防传染不可或缺的用品，这对环境产生了重大影响。这项工作的目的是提出可能的解决方案，以减少口罩对环境的影响。因此，研究考虑了不同类型的口罩（外科口罩和织物口罩），并计算了与口罩材料生产相关的一氧化碳排放量。通过Ces Selector 2019数据库评估了构成口罩的每种材料的碳足迹（CF）。软件Qgis（版本2.18.20）使我们能够绘制出意大利各地区的一氧化碳排放地图。最后，对于经常从国外进口的外科口罩，考虑了与运输相关的碳足迹。结果表明，织物口罩是预防传染的可持续解决方案。从疫情开始（2020年3月）到2021年12月，使用织物口罩产生的一氧化碳排放总量约为7千吨，而外科口罩为350千吨。
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