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Due to the spread of COVID-19, the amount of garbage coming out of the house has increased significantly as the time spent at home has increased.



Street sanitation workers are struggling with garbage even if they stand still, unable to rest properly in the sweltering heat.



Let's go to the scene together.



Choi Seong-jin, an environmental sanitation worker who went to work at 4 a.m., picks up food waste as soon as he arrives at a residential area and cleans it up again.



As you go up and down the hill, your breath quickly becomes steep.



Since the corona virus, the amount of garbage collected has increased dramatically.



[Seongjin Choi/Environmental Cleaner: I think the total amount increased by about 40%, food. Because people can't go outside because of Corona. Because of the food we order... .] The



amount of food waste contained in this bin exceeds 100kg even after walking through one alley.



In less than two hours, the car was full.



[Seongjin Choi/Environmental sanitation center: There are usually about 3 cars, so we collect about 7,000kg to 8,000kg.]



There is no place to rest while working.



[(Bring salt, salt?) I want to sit here, give me some salt.]



[Choi Seong-jin/Environmental sanitation worker: We sweat so much that we sometimes get dizzy even while working. Even when I'm resting, I get dizzy when I wake up. That's why I'm consuming salt.]



According to the regulations, you can take an hour off a day, but it is not easy to even fill that time because of the workload.



[Seongjin Choi / Cleaner: You have to sit for 10 minutes. Take a break and then move on. I think the residents don't pick up the garbage if they don't come during that time, and then they put in complaints.] It



's scary to see the sun rise in midsummer.



Even in the morning, when the collection work is in full swing, when I measured it with a thermal imaging camera, it was over 50 degrees.



It is said that work can be stopped when a heat wave warning goes into effect, but it is not easy to speak up first from the point of view of a contract worker at a consignment company.



As the time at home increases after Corona, complaints abound even if the collection is a little delayed.



[Choi Seong-jin/Environmental sanitation agency: Some civil servants ask for a phone call. Some people swear on the phone.]



The shoulders of those who silently walk the streets and take responsibility for the cleanliness of the city get heavier as the corona period lengthens.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok·Kim Se-kyung, Video editing: Kim Jun-hee, CG: Lee Jae-yoon·Jung Hyun-jung)