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KLCC's Aubrey Bulkeley reports on the increase of residential waste and the decrease of commercial waste at local transfer stations during the pandemic.
Both Lane County Waste Management and Sanipac have seen commercial waste decrease and residential waste increase since the pandemic began.
One reason, says Aaron Donley from Sanipac, might be businesses that are temporarily closed.
“You know, people are... also tend to be ordering online so we’ve seen a good uptick of cardboard volumes residentially,” Donley said. “And then that corresponding decrease commercially.”
Angie Marzano is a Lane County Waste Reduction Specialist who also owns Hot Mama’s Wings with her husband.