Nguyen Trang D T, Kawai Kosuke, Nakakubo Toyohiko
Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8610 Japan.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment, 236B Le Van Sy Street, Ward 1, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
J Mater Cycles Waste Manag. 2023;25(1):302-313. doi: 10.1007/s10163-022-01529-z. Epub 2022 Oct 22.
The accelerated generation of COVID-19 waste under the Delta-fuelled outbreak placed a sudden burden on waste disposal in Vietnam. To secure the treatment of COVID-19 waste amid the pandemic uncertainty, treatment capacity was assessed by determining treatment occupancy rate-the ratio of estimated demand to calculated capacity-both nationally and in Ho Chi Minh City. At the general occupancy rate for COVID-19 waste treatment of 7.4%, the country was capable of handling COVID-19 waste, with a capacity to treat 62 191 month. However, Ho Chi Minh City became overwhelmed, indicated by a treatment occupancy rate of up to 780% during the Delta outbreak, as the unanticipated growth of demand for COVID-19 waste treatment caused waste to back up. The assessment results, in addition to current legislation, support collaboration in waste treatment as a solution to using existing resources to address the acute shortage of treatment capacity, so as to secure COVID-19 waste treatment. The findings could be used by other developing countries to tackle the waste problem in the pandemic era.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10163-022-01529-z.
在由德尔塔毒株引发的疫情期间，新冠疫情医疗废物的加速产生给越南的废物处理带来了突然的负担。为了在疫情不确定性下确保新冠疫情医疗废物的处理，通过确定处理占用率（估计需求与计算能力的比率）在全国和胡志明市评估了处理能力。在新冠疫情医疗废物处理的总体占用率为7.4%时，该国能够处理新冠疫情医疗废物，每月处理能力为62191吨。然而，胡志明市不堪重负，在德尔塔毒株疫情期间处理占用率高达780%，这表明对新冠疫情医疗废物处理需求的意外增长导致了废物积压。评估结果以及现行立法支持在废物处理方面开展合作，作为利用现有资源解决处理能力严重短缺问题的一种解决方案，从而确保新冠疫情医疗废物的处理。这些研究结果可供其他发展中国家在应对疫情时代的废物问题时使用。
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