Adaptations of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Adaptations of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
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调整城市固体废物管理系统以应对冠状病毒大流行
DOI：
10.1007/978-981-19-1029-6_13
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2022
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Aninat, Emilia
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作者：
Pinto, Ana D.;Choi, Juyeong;Abichou, Tarek;Sanusi, Fehintola;Aninat, Emilia
冠状病毒大流行对美国和其他地方的城市固体废物管理系统（MSWMS）的运行提出了挑战。随着人们越来越担心可能接触冠状病毒，人们在家里呆的时间越来越多，同时也改变了产生废物的行为。这种现象不仅改变了人们产生废物的方式，还改变了城市固体废物管理系统规划和调整其设施运营的方式。由于固体废物管理已被宣布为公共卫生之外的一项基本服务，城市固体废物管理系统面临着新的挑战，因此制定了适应性措施以保持其关键运营。这项研究 (i) 确定了广泛的废物管理和运营挑战，(ii) 总结了不同城市固体废物管理系统采取的各种适应性措施。收集并分析了九个月内疫情对佛罗里达州、加利福尼亚州和纽约州等受影响严重的美国各州多个城市固体废物管理系统的纵向影响的临时数据。请注意，针对此类废物相关挑战的最佳管理实践和适应性措施可能因不同的城市固体废物管理系统和州而异。为了促进不同城市固体废物管理系统针对未来大流行事件制定计划，本研究将从系统结构（即存在哪些设施[实体]、它们如何相互影响[相互依赖]以及谁控制哪些设施[控制]）来描述大流行的已确定影响及其相关的适应性措施。
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged the operation of municipal solid waste management systems (MSWMSs) in the United States and elsewhere. With the growing concern about the potential exposure to the coronavirus, people are spending more time in their homes while changing their waste generation behaviors. This phenomenon has changed not only how people produce waste but also how MSWMSs plan and adapt the operation of their facilities. Since solid waste management has been declared as an essential service in addition to public health, MSWMSs have faced new challenges and thus developed adaptive measures in order to keep their critical operations. This study (i) identifies a broad range of waste management and operational challenges and (ii) summarizes various adaptive measures taken by different MSWMSs. Ephemeral data were collected and analyzed on the longitudinal impact of the pandemic on multiple MSWMSs in severely affected U.S. states, such as Florida, California, and New York, over a nine-month period. Note that best management practices for such waste-related challenges and adaptive measures can vary across different MSWMSs and states. In order to facilitate the development of different MSWMSs’ plan for future pandemic events, this study will characterize the identified impact of the pandemic and its relevant adaptive measures in terms of system structure (i.e., what facilities exist [entity], how they interact with one another [interdependency], and who control which facilities [control]).