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- Title
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on coastal environment: positive or negative? A 1-year study on litter in Caspian coasts.
- Authors
Hayati, Ramin; Ghasemi, Afsaneh; Hassani, Ghasem; Norozi, Diba; Mohammadi, Hamed; Alinejad, Navid; Shahkarami, Negar
- Abstract
Litter is one of the major environmental problems. These wastes cause adverse health, environmental, and even economic effects. One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the impact on litter composition and density due to its changes in lifestyle and consumption patterns. In this study, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the composition and density of litter on the ten southern beaches of the Caspian Sea in Iran in 1 year was investigated. The results showed that the density of the litters was in the range of 36.5–306 items/m2. The highest and lowest proportions of the COVID-related litters on the locations studied were 2.54 and 5.95%, respectively. The indexes in the areas studied showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the density of the litter in 90% of the beaches studied by changing the style of citizens, but the emergence of new dumping related to COVID-19 has increased the potential for health and environmental hazards caused by litters. The effects of the COVID-related litters increased the clean environment index by 5 to 12% on the beaches. This study shows that the impact of social phenomena such as a pandemic on litter and its results can be used for the better management of municipal solid wastes, including litter in similar situations in the future.
- Subjects
CASPIAN Sea Coast; COASTAL ecosystem health; COVID-19 pandemic; LITTER (Trash); LIFESTYLES &; health
- Publication
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 21, p1
- ISSN
1866-7511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12517-022-10886-w