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The amount of residential trash produced in Northern Virginia has surged with most people out of work and all Virginia students attending school from home.

According to John Poague, the owner of Patriot Disposal, trash amounts have risen by 30-40% due to people cleaning out their houses, food waste, and increased shipping. 


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The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 is demanding that food workers be designated as first responders, and a strict limit be placed on the number of customers allowed in grocery stores.

The move comes as 14 grocery store workers and three food processing plant employees were diagnosed with the new coronavirus. And there are more cases waiting to be confirmed; union authorities tell Potomac Local News. 


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