...Puneet Sharma; Arpita Ghosh; Pradipta Patra Purpose The current study investigates the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions on air quality in an industrial town in Himachal Pradesh (HP) (India) and recommends policies and strategies for mitigating air pollution...

...Andrew Ebekozien; Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan; Clinton Aigbavboa; Nor Malina Malek Purpose Studies have shown that managing household solid waste from low-cost housing in urban and sub-urban communities is challenging, especially in developing countries and COVID-19 era. Previous research proved...

...Vibha Trivedi; Krishan Kumar Pandey; Ashish Trivedi Purpose This paper is aimed at analyzing the inter-contextual relationships among the factors that led to inadequate management of electronic and electrical waste (WEEE) during COVID-19 using a subjective perspective. Design/methodology...

...Amritkant Mishra Purpose The eruption of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has pointedly subdued global economic growth and producing significant impact on environment. As a medicine or a treatment is yet available at mass level, social distancing and lockdown is expected the key way to avert...

...Muhammad Shahbaz; Avik Sinha; Muhammad Ibrahim Shah Purpose Over the last couple of years, the Chinese manufacturing sector was affected by the onset of the US–China trade war and the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In such a scenario air quality in China has encountered a shock...