Harmeet Kaur Ghai, MIT-WPU Faculty of Law, Pune
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has caused a worldwide disruption in the past 2 years. It has affected the lifestyle of every human being. The impact of COVID19 on the environment has been a mixture of positive and negative. The lockdown situation during the Covid19 pandemic may have a mixed impact on the environment which maybe a short term or long-term effect. For past few decades, the protection of the environment has been a part of a major discussion. The measures taken for the safety of human being’s health has a negative impact on the environment. The strategies should be implemented in such a way that it saves lives as well as it protects our mother earth. In this article, I aim to analyze the effects due to covid on the environment. The negative effect like increasing medical waste, haphazard disposal of masks, syringes, gloves, etc. and increase in municipal waste and the reduction in the process of recycling the waste and the positive impact like reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG), reduction in noise pollution and reduction in air pollution, improvement in water quality and uses and the protection of wildlife. I also aim to highlight the fact that the immediate course of action taken by the government would not be enough on a long-term basis.
