<div dir="ltr">All of us are being inundated with information about COVID-19.  We thought this article by Cole Rosengren from Wastedive might be of interest to you since it specifically talks about waste and recycling workers.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-article-title-wrapper" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:2rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(10,10,10);font-family:"proxima nova",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><h1 class="gmail-display-heading-04" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:2.75rem;margin:0px;font-family:ff-meta-serif-web-pro,Georgia,serif;line-height:1.2;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Coronavirus poses multiple safety risks for waste and recycling workers</h1><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.6;font-family:ff-meta-serif-web-pro,Georgia,serif;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px">Concerns persist about infection exposure, while social distancing requirements are changing how collection routes and MRFs are operated. Labor unions are calling for answers around paid leave.</p></div><div class="gmail-figure_content gmail-article-hero-img" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem"><img alt="" src="https://www.wastedive.com/user_media/cache/6a/2a/6a2ac3b32ebed876014591970de17106.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 744.625px;"> <div class="gmail-source_text" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:italic;color:rgb(118,121,124);font-family:"proxima nova",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.75rem">National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (2020). "Novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2" [Microscope image]. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/49565158908/in/album-72157713108522106/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(118,121,124);font-size:0.75rem">https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/49565158908/in/album-72157713108522106/</a>.</div><div class="gmail-source_text" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:italic;color:rgb(118,121,124);font-family:"proxima nova",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.75rem"><br></div><div class="gmail-source_text" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:italic;color:rgb(118,121,124);font-family:"proxima nova",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.75rem"><a href="https://www.wastedive.com/news/coronavirus-covid-waste-recycling-safety-collection-mrf/574359/">Click Here for the rest of the story. </a></div></div><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:inherit;max-width:none;color:rgb(10,10,10);font-family:"proxima nova",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-byline-large-2 gmail-columns" style="box-sizing:inherit;width:139.422px;float:left;padding-left:0.9375rem;padding-right:0.9375rem"><div class="gmail-article-byline" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(16,19,22);line-height:1.2;margin:1.375rem 0px;border:0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div class="gmail-author" style="box-sizing:inherit;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(169,172,175);margin-bottom:1.75rem;padding-bottom:1.75rem"><h4 class="gmail-hide-small gmail-byline-show-large" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.875rem;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;letter-spacing:0.5px;color:rgb(118,121,124);text-transform:uppercase">AUTHOR <a rel="author" href="https://www.wastedive.com/editors/crosengren/" style="font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(16,19,22)">Cole Rosengren</a></h4><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ColeRosengren" class="gmail-twitter gmail-hide-small gmail-byline-show-large" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(16,19,22);display:block;margin-top:0.25rem;text-decoration-line:none">@ColeRosengren</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>