With the advancement of the pandemic provoked by Coronavirus, many cities around the world adopted quarantine or campaigns stimulating people to not circulate without necessity.
The fall on the movement in big cities caused directed effects in the environment, like the decrease on the emission of pollutants in the atmosphere and the increasing of domestic and hospital waste generation.
Solid waste
According to ABRELPE, it is estimated that, because of the adopted quarantine, isolation and social distancing it can have a relevant increase in the generated quantity of domestic solid waste (15-25%) and a considerable growing in the generation of hospital waste in health care units (10 to 20 times).
For situations correspondent to the hospital waste generation in health care units the orientations are very specific and follow the current rules. The waste must be packaged in a red bag, that must be substituted when they reach 2/3 of its capacity or at least once each 48 hours, identified by the symbol of infective substance; the bags with these waste must have specialized collection and transportation by the Health Service Waste (Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde – RSS, in Portuguese) and submitted to licensed treatment processes, before its final disposal.
People that were confirmed positive to COVID-19 or that are in quarantine (symptoms or suspect) must stop separating the domestic trash to the selective collect; all the waste generated in the house must be discarded on the same recipient (common trash); the packaging must be done with the use of two resistant plastic bags (one inside the other), certifying that both are properly closed (ties or seals); present the bags to the collection on the day and time determined in your localization; maintain the pets away from the disposable materials.
To the people that had no confirmation to COVID-19 or that are not in a mandatory quarantine, the recommendation is that they continue doing the separation of the materials to the selective collect, used masks and gloves must be discarded on normal trash; maintain the waste packaging adequately so that the urban cleaning workers have no contact with any discarded material; present the bags to the collection on the day and time determined in your localization.
To know more about which are the packaging and the colors to the correct separation of Health Service Waste (Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde – RSS, in Portuguese), download our e-book:
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With the advancement of the pandemic provoked by Coronavirus, many cities around the world adopted quarantine or campaigns stimulating people to not circulate without necessity.
The fall on the movement in big cities caused directed effects in the environment, like the decrease on the emission of pollutants in the atmosphere and the increasing of domestic and hospital waste generation.
Solid waste
According to ABRELPE, it is estimated that, because of the adopted quarantine, isolation and social distancing it can have a relevant increase in the generated quantity of domestic solid waste (15-25%) and a considerable growing in the generation of hospital waste in health care units (10 to 20 times).
For situations correspondent to the hospital waste generation in health care units the orientations are very specific and follow the current rules. The waste must be packaged in a red bag, that must be substituted when they reach 2/3 of its capacity or at least once each 48 hours, identified by the symbol of infective substance; the bags with these waste must have specialized collection and transportation by the Health Service Waste (Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde – RSS, in Portuguese) and submitted to licensed treatment processes, before its final disposal.
People that were confirmed positive to COVID-19 or that are in quarantine (symptoms or suspect) must stop separating the domestic trash to the selective collect; all the waste generated in the house must be discarded on the same recipient (common trash); the packaging must be done with the use of two resistant plastic bags (one inside the other), certifying that both are properly closed (ties or seals); present the bags to the collection on the day and time determined in your localization; maintain the pets away from the disposable materials.
To the people that had no confirmation to COVID-19 or that are not in a mandatory quarantine, the recommendation is that they continue doing the separation of the materials to the selective collect, used masks and gloves must be discarded on normal trash; maintain the waste packaging adequately so that the urban cleaning workers have no contact with any discarded material; present the bags to the collection on the day and time determined in your localization.
To know more about which are the packaging and the colors to the correct separation of Health Service Waste (Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde – RSS, in Portuguese), download our e-book: