Hospital laundry wastewaters: A review on treatment alternatives, life cycle assessment and prognosis scenarios

Because of the generation of high volumes of wastewaters with known toxicological properties, hospital laundry wastewaters constitute an unquestionable source of pollution for water bodies. So, the present research aimed to summarize, analyze and discuss studies carried out by different work groups that focus their researches on the characterization and the treatment of these effluents. An initial section briefly discussed the integrated...