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Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain)
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has involved a series of political and social measures that have been adapted to the spread of the disease. Apart from the severe effects on health sector, the most effects of the pandemic have been felt in households and day-to-day life. Consequently, COVID-19 has had...
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author | Peula, Francisco J. Martín-Lara, María Ángeles Calero, Mónica |
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description | The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has involved a series of political and social measures that have been adapted to the spread of the disease. Apart from the severe effects on health sector, the most effects of the pandemic have been felt in households and day-to-day life. Consequently, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the generation of not only medical and health care waste but also of municipal solid waste production and composition. In this context, this work studied the implications of COVID-19 for municipal solid waste generation in Granada, Spain. Granada is a city where the economy is based mainly on the services sector, tourism and the University. Therefore, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the city and it can be analyzed through the municipal solid waste generation. For the study of the incidence of COVID-19 in the generation of waste a period that goes from March 2019 to February 2021 has been chosen. The results show that, in the global calculation, a decrease in the generation of waste in the city is observed in this last year, reaching − 13.8%. Regarding the organic-rest fraction, the decrease in the COVID year represents − 11.7%. However, bulky waste has shown an increase in the COVID year which may be related to higher home furnishings renovation rates than in other years. Finally, glass is the waste flow that best indicates the effect of COVID in the service sector. In leisure areas, a significant reduction in the collection of glass is observed (− 45%). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10163-023-01671-2. |
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spelling | pubmed-101565742023-05-09 Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) Peula, Francisco J. Martín-Lara, María Ángeles Calero, Mónica J Mater Cycles Waste Manag Regional Case Study The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has involved a series of political and social measures that have been adapted to the spread of the disease. Apart from the severe effects on health sector, the most effects of the pandemic have been felt in households and day-to-day life. Consequently, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the generation of not only medical and health care waste but also of municipal solid waste production and composition. In this context, this work studied the implications of COVID-19 for municipal solid waste generation in Granada, Spain. Granada is a city where the economy is based mainly on the services sector, tourism and the University. Therefore, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the city and it can be analyzed through the municipal solid waste generation. For the study of the incidence of COVID-19 in the generation of waste a period that goes from March 2019 to February 2021 has been chosen. The results show that, in the global calculation, a decrease in the generation of waste in the city is observed in this last year, reaching − 13.8%. Regarding the organic-rest fraction, the decrease in the COVID year represents − 11.7%. However, bulky waste has shown an increase in the COVID year which may be related to higher home furnishings renovation rates than in other years. Finally, glass is the waste flow that best indicates the effect of COVID in the service sector. In leisure areas, a significant reduction in the collection of glass is observed (− 45%). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10163-023-01671-2. Springer Japan 2023-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10156574/ /pubmed/37360948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01671-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Regional Case Study Peula, Francisco J. Martín-Lara, María Ángeles Calero, Mónica Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) |
title | Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) |
title_full | Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) |
title_fullStr | Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) |
title_short | Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in Granada city (Spain) |
title_sort | effect of covid-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste generation: a case study in granada city (spain) |
topic | Regional Case Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156574/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37360948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01671-2 |
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