pandemic has created many unintended side effects, including an increase in the amount of household waste winding up in the landfill.“A lot of that has to do with, when the pandemic hit, there was a lot more people working from home, a lot more people spending time at home,” City of Winnipeg manager of solid waste services Michael Gordichuk said.While household waste levels spiked drastically at the start of the pandemic, they have mostly remained higher than usual for the year.“Those spring cleanups carried into July, August, and September.
Not much has changed, still a lot of people working from home, so I think you’re going to see the same results going forward,” Gordichuk said.“We’re up 12 per cent year over year.” Coronavirus: London.