Vaccine rollout boosts medical waste volumes, as workers wait for their shot
For coming up on a year, frontline industry workers have been unable to work from home like many of the customers they serve, instead facing higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus in showing up to manage waste and recycling. While there’s not a definitive count available of the number of industry workers who have personally faced illness, it’s safe to say "thousands" have contracted the virus and at least "dozens" have sadly lost their lives to it, according to Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) CEO David Biderman. Industry groups hope the arrival of vaccines could pr...
Source: wastedive.com