If you wear a mask, you should be fined $1,000.00 per incident. You are not disposing of your medical waste in accordance to HAZMAT rules.

Just realize the world is fucked and stop trying to fix it, rather fix yourself in it with the guiding help of Jesus Christ.

What about used gum? Used Kleenex? Used napkin? Toilet paper?

Better start and fund the U Can’t Police to get this under control...

I throw all mine on my liberal neighbors lawns

Gum isn't a medical crisis, is it?
Gum isn't so fucking deadly, you need a test to find out if you have it.

Noice.
They probably pick them up bare-handed too!

I know the world is fucked. I am just helping it along!

Hey Op. Is there a code or regulation we can quote on this??
I know some school teachers that would be fun to freak out with this kind of info lol

Great post. :-)

All medical waste has the potential to carry the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the hepatitis B or C viruses, and other transmittable infectious agents. Examples of medical waste that you might encounter in the home include discarded: Bandages and dressings soiled with blood
and/or body fluids.
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Sharps and Medical Waste

The Healthcare Waste Institute recommends using single-use sharps containers for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients. With that exception,
all medical waste suspected to be contaminated with COVID-19 should be handled like other regulated medical waste. COVID-19 is not a Category A infectious substance so it doesn’t require special handling beyond standard medical waste.
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What Is Regulated Medical Waste?

In general, regulated medical waste (RMW) is healthcare-related waste with the potential to spread disease through blood or other types of contamination if not handled properly. Serious diseases like Ebola, TB, and Hepatitis are examples of contagions that could be spread through the improper handling of RMW. Alternate terms for RMW include biohazardous medical waste and biomedical waste.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is generating tons of medical waste

Sanitation workers need personal protective equipment too
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Patients and health care workers are quickly going through medical supplies and disposable personal protective equipment, like masks. Eventually all that used gear piles up as medical waste that needs to be safely discarded.

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Great point, OP!!!!

Safely discarded...



If I throw a full gallon of bleach and a full gallon of ammonia away in the same bag, that is not safe.

If I throw a non-punctured/split aerosol can away, that is not safe.

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I agree, OP.

I see those damned face diapers discarded all over the roads, parking lots. If the virus is so dangerous everybody has to waer a mask then it follows that they need to be disposed of in the same fashion as any other bioemdical hazardous waste.

LOL, I was looking at used cars on Craigslist today and saw a paper mask hanging from the mirror in one of the car photos, totally grossed me out for some reason, will not be looking at that car.

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Bio hazard

What about cigarette butts though?

Stick in nose. Use as Covid filters

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Thanks!

Except I keep the same one, it hangs over my gear shift. Don’t need another one