Waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: Investigating a critical sector in crisis

COVID-19 爆发期间的废物管理：调查危机中的关键部门

• 批准号: ES/V005200/1
• 负责人: Angeliki Balayannis
• 金额: $ 34.64万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV005200%2F1
• 关键词: Waste; management; during; COVID; 19

The COVID-19 outbreak is transforming everyday household waste into a biohazard. Coronaviruses are transmitted person-to-person, however COVID-19 also persists on surfaces for several days (van Doremalen et al. 2020). Consequently, this pandemic is severely impacting the waste management sector; causing disposal and recycling service disruptions, and putting waste workers at risk. Before the emergence of COVID-19 this heavily marketised and deregulated sector - comprising over 3,000 companies - was already associated with elevated rates of death and injury compared to other sectors in the UK (HSE 2019). This project asks to what extent the UK waste management sector is equipped to meet the unprecedented challenges generated by this pandemic.The interdisciplinary project works in partnership with national industry associations and local authorities to investigate how this critical sector is responding to, and affected by, COVID-19 - particularly in terms of the safety of its workers. It aims to mitigate hazards related to waste management during the outbreak through three interrelated approaches: 1) the project generates urgent data on the sector's rapidly changing waste management practices. It employs social research methods to examine pivotal processes, including collections, disposal, and administration; 2) the project collaborates with key workers to map the sector and design a pandemic toolkit that can amplify workers' voices in decision-making; and 3) in collaboration with the Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum, this project creates guidelines and an industry report to enable greater co-ordination between authorities. This research addresses both the immediate crisis and contributes to future preparedness plans.

新冠肺炎的爆发正在将日常生活垃圾转变为一种生物危害。冠状病毒是人与人之间传播的，然而新冠肺炎也会在表面上持续几天(van Doremaren等人。2020)。因此，这一流行病正在严重影响废物管理部门；造成处置和回收服务中断，并将废物工人置于危险之中。在新冠肺炎出现之前，这个高度市场化和放松监管的行业--由3,000多家公司组成--与英国其他行业相比，已经与较高的死亡和受伤比率相关(2019年健康与健康状况调查)。该项目要求英国废物管理部门在多大程度上准备好应对这场风暴带来的前所未有的挑战。该跨学科项目与国家行业协会和地方当局合作，调查这个关键部门如何应对和受到新冠肺炎的影响-特别是在其工人的安全方面。该项目旨在通过三种相互关联的办法在疫情爆发期间减少与废物管理有关的危险：1)该项目产生关于该部门迅速变化的废物管理做法的紧急数据。它使用社会研究方法来检查关键过程，包括收集、处置和管理；2)该项目与关键工作人员合作，绘制该部门的地图，并设计一个大流行工具包，可以放大工人在决策中的声音；3)该项目与废物行业安全与健康论坛合作，创建指导方针和行业报告，以加强当局之间的协调。这项研究既解决了迫在眉睫的危机，又有助于制定未来的准备计划。

项目成果

UK Waste Sector COVID-19 Response and Resilience Report

英国废物部门 COVID-19 应对和恢复力报告

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Souter, N

The work of waste during COVID-19: logics of public, environmental, and occupational health

COVID-19 期间的废物工作：公共、环境和职业健康的逻辑

• DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2022.2048632
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Critical Public Health
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: Garnett E

How waste matters during COVID-19 (And why 'coronalitter' isn't the problem you think it is) in Visualising the Virus

可视化病毒中的废物在 COVID-19 期间的重要性（以及为什么“冠状垃圾”不是您认为的问题）

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Balayannis A

Waste and the problem of visibility: towards a multi-sensual account of COVID-19 in Visualising the Virus

浪费和可见性问题：在可视化病毒中对 COVID-19 进行多感官解释

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Garnett, E