Europe has announced an increase in the danger of "garbage" problems

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In Europe, an unexpected problem has emerged that, experts say, could exacerbate the pandemic of the new coronavirus. This is a new round of "garbage" problems, which are now faced due to the spread of the disease in Europe.

The French edition of La Tribune released material that spoke about the enormous problems in the field of waste processing. In particular, it is reported that many processing and waste sorting enterprises were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic not only in France, but also in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and other EU countries. This led to the fact that the collection of waste of various classes was suspended.



From the material:

Closed 27% of certified household waste disposal centers. Up to 94% of the remaining garbage processing enterprises are forced to carry out activities according to a "degrading" scheme - with reductions in the number of employees and their working hours.

This can simultaneously strike an environmental blow when garbage can simply stop not only being sorted, but also disposed of, as well as a blow to industry.

The material contains a statement by the head of one of the major French trade unions:

The danger is that problems with sorting and processing will subsequently lead to a reduction in the supply of materials for enterprises.

It is noted that now there is a shortage of industrial cardboard for food packaging.

Recall that not so long ago the biggest problems with garbage in Europe appeared in Italy: the streets of large cities were literally littered with waste that had not been cleaned for weeks.
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    1. +9
      April 1 2020 10: 03
      when garbage can simply stop not only sorting but also disposing of
      ,,, here when they stop taking them out, it will be generally tough.
      1. +4
        April 1 2020 10: 06
        Quote: bubalik
        ,, so when they cease to take out, it will be generally tough.

        If there will still be where
        1. +6
          April 1 2020 11: 03
          Not so long ago, Lvov's mayor "successfully" solved this problem when he was delivering garbage throughout Ukraine, right up to Kharkov. But then there was no quarantine.
          Once upon a time there was a "black humor" from Sweden: from second-hand condoms they make for the Finns ... chewing gum.
          1. +2
            April 1 2020 11: 56
            Quote: knn54
            Not so long ago, Lvov's mayor "successfully" solved this problem when he delivered garbage throughout Ukraine, right up to Kharkov.

            Yes, it seems like we had it in Moscow. Although I could be wrong
        2. +2
          April 1 2020 11: 53
          Europe will suffocate in its ... Garbage.

          But Russia should take an example from the Europeans in terms of achieving the level of recycling. We have towering mountains of garbage in a landfill. One capital produces tens of millions of tons of waste annually on the mountain.

          And in Europe, the level of garbage recycling - from 90%.
      2. +3
        April 1 2020 10: 15
        In Italy, if I am not mistaken, about five years ago there was a garbage collapse due to a garbage collector's strike.
        And it is profitable to export to Sweden. They buy trash for their superfood mills!
      3. +5
        April 1 2020 10: 22
        Quote: bubalik
        , when they stop taking them out, it will be tough in general.

        I wouldn’t go to the garbage from, say, Italian Bergamo-on a cannon shot .....

        The same thrown out of thousands of masks, gloves, clothes, etc.

        Even funeral workers — even those who abandoned the most profitable business — many were rebuilt and they no longer needed ....
      4. -1
        April 1 2020 10: 34
        There are already two parts of the computer game "The Division". The first video of the announcement.
      5. +1
        April 1 2020 10: 52
        Hi Seryog! How right you were yesterday regarding the importance of professions !!!! My applause!
      6. -1
        April 1 2020 11: 30
        Nothing, they now have 404 land, they will take it there lol
    2. +5
      April 1 2020 10: 04
      It seems that by the end of the pandemic mountains of protective suits and masks will be released, and for another year all this will be stored in warehouses just in case
    3. +2
      April 1 2020 10: 05
      Recall that not so long ago the biggest problems with garbage in Europe appeared in Italy: the streets of large cities were literally littered with waste that had not been cleaned for weeks.

      It seems there was a strike
    4. +2
      April 1 2020 10: 06
      Another problem that was solved with difficulty, even before the pandemic .. And after it will be?
      1. +2
        April 1 2020 10: 39
        And from piles of garbage and unsanitary conditions, God forbid, something else flares up. What is another plague, or cholera. Not one, but another.
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    6. +1
      April 1 2020 10: 30
      After such articles, it causes outrage when they say about Western society - "the civilized West".
      Old Europe, in spite of the epidemic, the need to "wipe your ass" has not been canceled.
    7. +3
      April 1 2020 10: 32
      Waste was superimposed on the pandemic. So they will drown in addition to everything in their own shit. And the accumulation of garbage, and even at positive temperatures, is a source of new diseases, about rats, which are also carriers of diseases, I am modestly silent. "Enlightened, pure soul and body, filled with good wishes and care for people" Europe, where are you? Were you such at all?
    8. +1
      April 1 2020 10: 39
      Quote: Olgovich

      I wouldn’t go to the garbage from, say, Italian Bergamo-on a cannon shot .....

      well ... hunger is not aunt :))
    9. -1
      April 1 2020 10: 40
      Wait, there will be more. For example, tires in Europe haven’t been processed for a long time - it's a dirty business. They were driven to India, where they were processed into ship fuel oil, which was again driven to Europe. Now one and the other hid, let's look further.
    10. +1
      April 1 2020 10: 44
      That's what we are talking about. All these quarantines and "self-isolation", the case when the medicine is worse than the disease. We will all get sick with dysentery, scabies, hepatitis, we will stop treating cancer and cardiovascular diseases, but not the coronavirus! And what's the point?
    11. +5
      April 1 2020 10: 48
      In Europe, an unexpected problem has emerged that, experts say, could exacerbate the pandemic of the new coronavirus. This is a new round of "garbage" problems, which are now faced due to the spread of the disease in Europe.

      I sincerely hope that at least in this Russia will not rush to help the "world community." hi
      1. +5
        April 1 2020 10: 51
        Well, why, importing garbage is very profitable. For some.
        1. +2
          April 1 2020 10: 58
          Quote: iouris
          For some

          This is the key. But hardly for me. hi
    12. 0
      April 1 2020 10: 49
      Trash rating is growing.
    13. 0
      April 1 2020 10: 50
      Mankind is behaving strangely. It turns out to create a robotic line that collects cars is possible, but the one that sorts the garbage is impossible? I doubt that Europe is going to sort the garbage in Europe
      1. 0
        April 1 2020 16: 20
        Quote: APASUS
        It turns out to create a robotic line that collects cars is possible, but the one that sorts the garbage can not?

        You can create, but you can’t get high profit from it. Life support systems are NOT cost-effective by definition. And the capitalist system will never be able to cope with this, because its main preset is profit.
        Here, by the way, is a complete analogy with viruses and parasites - those too, if they win, they kill their carrier and die themselves.
        1. 0
          April 2 2020 15: 31
          Quote: Polymer
          You can create, but you can’t get high profit from it. Life support systems are NOT cost-effective by definition. And the capitalist system will never be able to cope with this, because its main preset is profit.

          Alternative energy in the EU is entirely dated, the rejection of coal as a type of fuel is also a solid cost. Everything is in priority, most likely the EU's garbage lobby is weak, ahead of energy. In this matter, profitability is not the main argument.
          1. 0
            April 2 2020 16: 54
            Quote: APASUS
            most likely the EU's trash lobby is weak

            So this is the "key". These very "lobbies", after all, do not promote someone's interests for free, which means that their employers are hoping to get a big profit if they go to such expenses. The budget can be cut in different ways - in "civilized" countries this is done with the help of subsidies. In the end, the goal remains the same - making a profit, and the environment does not care. This is about alternative energy.
    14. +1
      April 1 2020 10: 57
      This infection is not a simple one, it pulls, exacerbates a bunch of problems that could not be resolved normally without it.
      In short, it will not resolve itself, it should be obvious to everyone!
    15. +1
      April 1 2020 10: 57
      The state should deal with waste management, it’s a costly and troublesome business, there are hardly anyone who wants to do it of their own free will.
    16. 0
      April 1 2020 11: 07
      It is noted that now there is a shortage of industrial cardboard for food packaging.
      The Carpathian forests were not enough for environmentally friendly packaging, for the golden billion - sadness. tongue
    17. 0
      April 1 2020 11: 09
      Ha-ha-ha, the village "Gadyukino" is finally filled up with its own devil fellow
    18. 0
      April 1 2020 11: 23
      In Moscow, everything is a bundle!
      In general, it is necessary to introduce standardization of all materials from which waste is obtained, then it will be much easier to recycle them.
      It is necessary to reduce all this disgrace and streamline.
    19. -3
      April 1 2020 11: 35
      Garbage recycling is evil: hepatitis, coronavirus, etc. will return to where the garbage came from. Therefore, only combustion, high temperature pyrolysis, supercritical water, etc.

      Landfill also does not help - in 2006 in Alaska, in the body of a person who died in 1920 from a Spaniard (H1N1 flu, blue death) and was buried in permafrost, live virus particles - virions were found after defrosting.
    20. 0
      April 1 2020 11: 37
      "Because there was no nail in the smithy" ©
      The system failed, a pebble pulled an avalanche ...

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