America’s super crop and COVID-19 : corn and coronavirus domestication lead to an increase in waste

Students in political science and international relations at SUNY Geneseo examine the coronavirus pandemic from the perspectives of sustainability, democracy, and comparative politics

May 13, 2020May 19, 2020

America’s super crop and COVID-19 : corn and coronavirus domestication lead to an increase in waste

Coronavirus and corn. How on earth would anyone make a connection between the two entities? Well, it is a lot easier than you thought. But how? One is a product that dominates the country’s supermarkets and American’s consumption on the daily. The other : a deadly disease that has swept through the world and put everything on pause. At first glance, the two have almost no correlation to one another. But if they are anything like each other, we are in for a world of hurt.

May 9, 2020May 14, 2020

Waste in COVID-19: the deadly risks in taking out our garbage

As millions of Americans have been forced to drastically change their lives in response to the global pandemic, one element of our lives has not changed: our garbage. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), each American produces about four and a half pounds of solid waste every day. Each week, as Americans bring their trash receptacles out to the curb, it is important to be aware of the potential threat presented by your own garbage – especially for sanitary workers and their families.