As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, waste and recycling industry players are asking, “What’s next?” and “How is this pandemic going to permanently alter our industry?”
As Arnold Bowers, senior business solutions director at ENGIE Impact explained, the waste and recycling industry is facing the same challenges as most other essential industries that will continue to operate over the next few months.
In Bowers’ opinion, with the majority of businesses remaining closed over the next few months, COVID-19 will have a large economic impact on the waste and recycling industry from an operations perspective. These extended closures will result in smaller and lighter loads being collected, which causes fewer tons being delivered to company-owned and operated landfills.
