Covid in a condo, here are the rules: waste must be separated and sealed in bags

A positive in the condo

Waste equivalent to that generated in a health facility, which must be collected in suitable disposable containers and managed in the same way as hazardous medical waste with infectious risk. The waste is then sterilized and incinerated.
Procedures that are difficult to implement, especially in areas with a high prevalence of infected and isolated people or because there are no contracts with companies specializing in the collection of infectious risk waste.

The recommendations

Here are some practical tips:

1) in the homes of people with positive swabs, in isolation or in quarantine, stop separate collection, if applicable, collect and dispose of all household waste, regardless of its nature (glass, metal, organic waste, plastic), including tissue tissues paper, roll paper, disposable sheets, equivalent to unsorted waste;

2) insert masks and gloves in an envelope, before placing them in the unsorted garbage bag, limiting errors in the collection and delivery, to safeguard the safety of the home, ecological operators and volunteers in charge of the collection;

3) pack the waste in such a way that it does not damage and / or contaminate the bags externally (using disposable gloves);