A new kind of COVID waste
The Hindu
Be careful while disposing of at-home testing kits
The move to regulate the use of COVID-19 self-testing kits included their safe disposal. It may be noted that as per a report in The Hindu, the health department does not advocate the use of self-testing kits and recommends RT-PCR.
Recently, waste management company Urbaser Sumeet, which operates in certain zones of Greater Chennai Corporation, made a post on its Facebook page to educate the public on what to do with the used items from each test, including the testing strip, swab and extraction tube.
If tested negative, the poster reads, the contents of the kit must be disposed of in the domestic hazardous bin. This is to be treated like any other biomedical waste. If tested positive, the items must be wrapped and put in the yellow bag and kept aside for the PPE-clad BOV operators to collect them.
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