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From: Patricia Stathatou <patricia.stathatou@cba.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 08:49:47 -0400
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*Waste generation*
- Landfill volumes have fallen due to the lockdown, whereas medical waste from hospitals have been significantly increased due to the disposal of tons of soiled PPE.
-- Figure 1: Reduction in landfill volumes during the pandemic (survey from mid-March to May - [Lodge, 2020](https://karmaimpact.com/landfill-usage-down-during-covid-19-pandemic/)
-- Figure 2: The expected trend of medical and MSW waste flow durong the pandemic (Klemes et al., 2020)
+- Figure 1: Reduction in landfill volumes during the pandemic (survey from mid-March to May - [Lodge, 2020](https://karmaimpact.com/landfill-usage-down-during-covid-19-pandemic/))
+- Figure 2: The expected trend of medical and MSW waste flow durong the pandemic ([Klemes et al., 2020](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7183989/pdf/main.pdf))
- China has the most data on this issue:
- Amount of MSW in large and medium cities was reduced by 30% during the disease outbreak.
- However, the generation of medical waste increased sharply - by 370% in Hubei Province, with a high proportion of plastics.
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