Title

Waste management in disease prevention: A public health overview

Authors

Meghna Dipakkumar Chaudhary^1,*, Rajvi D. Chaudhary², Kshitij Sale³, Chaitanya Chaudhary⁴, Uma Vijayashankar⁵, Pranav Manek⁶, Miral Mehta⁷ & Dhaval Niranjan Mehta⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Environmental Health & Safety, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, USA; ²Health Informatics, Rutgers University, USA; ³Alumni, Information Technology, Rutgers University, USA; ⁴Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Rutgers University, USA; ⁵Department of Physiology, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India; ⁶Department of Global and Population Health, Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, USA; ⁷Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Gujarat, India; ⁸Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Meghna Dipakkumar Chaudhary - E-mail: meghnadc9@gmail.com; Phone: +19143438023
Rajvi D. Chaudhary - E-mail: rajvee97@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8622981304
Kshitij Sale - E-mail: kshitij.sale19@gmail.com; Phone: +1-862-872-0899
Chaitanya Chaudhary - E-mail: chaitu.d.chaudhary@gmail.com; Phone: +1-862-300-9369
Uma Vijayashankar - E-mail: umavijayashankar@jssuni.edu.in; Phone: +91 9481019742
Pranav Manek - E-mail: drpranav@bu.edu; Phone: +91 8200639595
Miral Mehta - E-mail: miral9829@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9427704737
Dhaval Niranjan Mehta - E-mail: drdhaval80@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9825528915

Article Type

Review

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

The rapid rise in urbanization and consumption has intensified global solid waste generation, creating pressing public health challenges. Improper waste disposal contributes to infectious diseases via vector proliferation, water and soil contamination and direct exposure to hazardous materials. This review synthesizes evidence on health risks from municipal, healthcare and electronic waste while evaluating interventions within the integrated solid waste management framework. Data shows the link between poor waste management and increased incidence of vector-borne, waterborne, respiratory and chronic diseases. An integrated, multi-sectoral approach grounded in circular economy principles is essential to safeguard human and environmental health.

Keywords

Waste management, public health, disease prevention, sanitation, environmental health, infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases.

Citation

Chaudhary et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4363-4367 (2025)

Edited by

Rashmi Daga

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.