PLASMA TECHNOLOGY FOR COVID-19 BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The urbanization period has exponentially increased the population and development and generated enormous amounts of garbage. The technological advancement has improved the medical facility of the country and with improvement in medical facilities the related waste generation has also increased. The Bio-medical waste is always a matter of concern for researchers and scientists due to its risk to the health of community. The risk increases when a new micro-organism highly contagious is nature and fatal is identified. The huge amounts of Covid-19 waste from the treatment of Covid-19 patient and PPE kits waste has become a major environmental and social concern that needs to be addressed. The Covid can support for quite a while on different surfaces which is a significant reason for its transmission. Customary strategies like combustion, land filling incineration, gasification have been the expectedly favored strategy for squander the board yet the Covid-19 waste can't be managed by conventional advancements as the pace of waste age is somewhat high and is infectious. This study will examine the socio-economic aspects of plasma technology, a more sustainable waste management system with by-product and slag production of synthetic gas. Suggestions have been made to work on the soundness of society, procedures for waste management, process performance, environmental evaluation and gasification processes for plasma,- a substitute waste to energy technique has been additionally talked about. This study also sheds light on unfavorable environmental consequences of the traditional, ones now employed techniques of Covid-19 waste management methods in India and analysis shows that Covid-19 waste can be managed using plasma gasification to prevent spread of corona virus; reduce the energy consumption; contribute to revenue generation. A small in-house Covid-19 waste treatment plant has also been suggested to reduce the risk of transmission and movement of corona virus as well as mitigating the risks associated with the hazardous portion.