Table 2.

Effects of epidemics on the municipal solid waste activities in summary

Issue	Remarks	Ref.
Waste collection	✓ Compactor waste collection vehicle may be set aside for extra caution because of concerns about the spread of the virus to the air ✓ Use of PPE for solid waste management employees and waste picker	Hale and Song (2020)
Recycling	✓ Banning or restricting municipal solid waste recycling during the COVID-19 ✓ Source separation of household waste can be prohibited where a suspected or infected person is isolated or cared for at home ✓ Disease transmission risk for the waste picker	Nzediegwu and Chang (2020); Zambrano-Monserrate et al. (2020)
Policies	✓ When a sick or suspicious person is cared for at home, the generated waste requires special attention and superior management ✓ A behavior change will be observed due to changes in waste classification ✓ Possibility of changing some regulations such as banning the use of single-use bags	Di Maria et al. (2020); Hale and Song (2020); Klemeš et al. (2020); Zambrano-Monserrate et al. (2020)