{"id":550,"date":"2019-06-24T14:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/?p=550"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:03:40","slug":"ban-recycling-boxes-to-protect-binmen-say-occupational-health-experts-david-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/2019\/06\/24\/ban-recycling-boxes-to-protect-binmen-say-occupational-health-experts-david-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban recycling boxes to protect binmen, say occupational health experts \u2013 David Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/uk-waste-collection-systems-content-image-2019-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" style=\"width:663px;height:286px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/uk-waste-collection-systems-content-image-2019-1.png 663w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/uk-waste-collection-systems-content-image-2019-1-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Waste collection systems used throughout the UK could be causing significant long-term musculoskeletal issues for workers, research has shown. <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This project which has been reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2019\/01\/18\/ban-recycling-boxes-protect-binmen-say-occupational-health-experts\/\">\u2018The Telegraph\u2019<\/a>  <br>Occupational safety and health of refuse workers. The work which has been undertaken over the last 4 years has recently been published by the \u00a0Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).<br><br><strong>Dr David Thomas, an Academic Portfolio Lead in the School of Design at the University of Greenwich and a Member of IOSH\u2019s Environmental and Waste Management Group Committee<\/strong> <strong>said:<\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe findings of this research present a timely opportunity for organisations to consider how they protect their workforces. Rather than organisations focusing on generic \u2018capability\u2019 for a \u2018fit youngster\u2019 they need to consider how they accommodate an ever-increasing ageing workforce when developing systems of work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2019\/01\/18\/ban-recycling-boxes-protect-binmen-say-occupational-health-experts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/Telegraph-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/Telegraph-1.png 631w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/Telegraph-1-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project which has been reported in \u2018The Telegraph\u2019 Occupational safety and health of refuse workers. The work which has been undertaken over the last 4 years has recently been published by the \u00a0Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Dr David Thomas, an Academic Portfolio Lead in the School of Design at the University &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/2019\/06\/24\/ban-recycling-boxes-to-protect-binmen-say-occupational-health-experts-david-thomas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ban recycling boxes to protect binmen, say occupational health experts \u2013 David Thomas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-sod"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/scholarsinspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}