If you buy a corona lay self-test, you don't just have to dispose of it after use.
It comes extensively packaged.
And what if it turns out positive?
The WGV explains.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen - packaging, instructions, test cassette, disposable virus specimen swab, sample extraction buffer, garbage bags for contaminated waste: all of this is part of the content of a corona lay self-test.
But what rubbish do the individual pieces belong in when you have finished testing?
And what to do with it if the result is positive?
Ursula Mackensen, waste advisor at WGV Quarzbichl, provides information.
"It all belongs in the household waste," says the expert. So, put paper in the paper bin, everything else in the residual waste (gray bin). If the test shows a Covid-19 infection, everything must be packed in a sturdy and tightly knotted garbage bag. The employees of the WGV are not endangered by the thrown away components of the set - if positive. "There is no manual sorting, but a machine sorting."
However, the self-tests in schools, retail customers and company employees generate larger amounts of waste. "If the normal residual waste bin is not enough, you can always order another one and unsubscribe later," advises Mackensen. Smaller quantities can also be handed in directly to the WGV for a fee. Ergo: The costs for the extra garbage are not passed on to the general public.
There is no question that the waste has to be separated even in Corona times. There is only an exception if there are corona-positive people or well-founded suspected cases in the household. "So far, there are no known cases in which people have become infected through contact with contaminated surfaces," informs the WGV. "Nevertheless, this transmission route cannot be completely ruled out."
Therefore, in the event of infection, in addition to residual waste, packaging waste (yellow bin), waste paper (green) and organic waste (brown) should also be placed in stable, tear-resistant rubbish bags and then in the gray bin.
The only exceptions: glass, deposit packaging, electrical and electronic waste, batteries and pollutants.
They should be collected until the quarantine is recovered and then disposed of as usual.
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Information
on the Internet at: wgv-quarzbichl.de/aktuelles and wgv-quarzbichl.de/information/abfall-abc/
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