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You can take steps to dispose of the waste associated with managing COVID-19 in the home.
COVID-19 waste in the home is generated by taking Rapid Antigen Tests and using personal protective equipment in the management of COVID-19 (e.g. masks, gloves, aprons, tissues, paper towels). These items can be disposed of safely by:
placing waste into a plastic bag (such as a bin liner) and sealing the bag
placing sealed, bagged waste into a second plastic bag and sealing that bag too (smaller bags can be consolidated within a larger plastic bag)
disposing of double-bagged waste in your general waste bin for kerbside collection.
Waste PPE must not be recycled or placed in your recycling, green waste or food and organics bin.
Easter is a time for slowing down, catching up with family and enjoying a few treats. But it can also come with a lot of extra waste, from packaging and food scraps to novelty items that don’t last much longer than the long weekend.
Forget the 12 days of Christmas, we’ve put together a guide featuring 12 ways to save waste at Christmas. Small actions matter even more over the festive season so now’s the time to school-up and remind yourself of the different ways you can own your impact in the lead up to and during Christmas.
In today’s fast-paced tech world, as new devices are released and replaced, older electronics that still have plenty of life often end up forgotten in drawers, or worse, the bin!