How the coronavirus is delivering more rubbish problems in China

For weeks, streets were empty and shops closed in cities across China as millions of people stayed in to curb the spread of the coronavirus.But for Xu Yuanhong, 35, who runs a garbage-sorting company in Beijing, business has never been better.“When people stay home, they have more time on their hands to produce more rubbish,” said Xu, whose company Ai Fenlei processes about 800 tonnes of rubbish every day.Since February, when the Chinese capital went into partial lockdown, Ai Fenlei has had to…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3089960/how-coronavirus-delivering-more-rubbish-problems-china