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cord-353733-74ejdlxh	Kalina, Marc	“This is our next problem”: Cleaning up from the COVID-19 response	2020-05-08		.txt	text/plain	2057	104	49	The purpose of this discussion is to highlight the essential role that solid waste management must play in a humanitarian response towards disasters, in particular the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. We highlight a number of potential avenues for scholarly investigation into the waste impacts of our response to Covid-19, but in particular, briefly unpacks the relationship between disasters, consumption and disposability as one potential research topic. The Covid-19 pandemic is a disaster on a global scale, and in addition to its human impact, it will produce an immense amount of waste that will need to be managed sustainably. The purpose of this discussion is to draw attention to this knowledge gap and to highlight the absolutely essential role that solid waste management must play in a humanitarian response, now, towards Covid-19, and to other, future disasters.	./cache/cord-353733-74ejdlxh.txt	./txt/cord-353733-74ejdlxh.txt