How the coronavirus is delivering more rubbish problems in China


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Confined to their homes, more Chinese consumers turned to online shopping to get their essentials couriered to their door But the country already had a garbage crisis on its hands, with landfills rapidly filling up Confined to their homes, more Chinese consumers turned to online shopping to get their essentials couriered to their door. For weeks, streets were empty and shops closed in cities across China as millions of people stayed in to curb the spread of the coronavirus . But for Xu Yuanhong, 35, who runs a garbage-sorting company in Beijing, business has never been better. “When people stay...