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Rubbish is piling up and recycling has stalled: waste systems must adapt

Rubbish is piling up and recycling has stalled: waste systems must adapt
Rubbish is piling up and recycling has stalled: waste systems must adapt
Coronavirus has revealed just how fragile our waste cycle is. Globally, collection services are being reduced because of social distancing, staff absences and concerns about workers’ health and safety. This is affecting the collection, sorting, processing and treatment of wastes as well as markets for materials made from recycling and composts.
Waste management, recycling, Solid waste management
Roberts, Keiron P
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Stringfellow, Anne
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Williams, Ian
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Roberts, Keiron P
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Stringfellow, Anne
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Williams, Ian
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Roberts, Keiron P, Stringfellow, Anne and Williams, Ian (2020) Rubbish is piling up and recycling has stalled: waste systems must adapt. The Conversation, [137100].

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Abstract

Coronavirus has revealed just how fragile our waste cycle is. Globally, collection services are being reduced because of social distancing, staff absences and concerns about workers’ health and safety. This is affecting the collection, sorting, processing and treatment of wastes as well as markets for materials made from recycling and composts.

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Published date: 30 April 2020
Keywords: Waste management, recycling, Solid waste management

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Local EPrints ID: 475221
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/475221
PURE UUID: 67bfa3e7-a563-4474-9e92-91fab58aaff8
ORCID for Anne Stringfellow: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-0010
ORCID for Ian Williams: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-1219

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Date deposited: 14 Mar 2023 17:45
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:43

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