Any rules re putting out bins - Covid infected household

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Sorry - probably stupid question - household has Covid. Black bin day tomorrow. Need to put out v full black bin - Am I allowed to put that and recycling out - have seen stuff online dated 2020 that talk about everything being double bagged and not touched for 72 hours - is that still the case?

Everyone in household including me have been positive for last few days and still testing positive

Just take it out. We did

You can always wipe the handles down afterwards

I would take it out and disinfect it after you've touched it

Lordy!

Do you think anyone else is giving this much thought?

Put your bin out as normal!

Don’t think there are any special rules

Take your bin out and wipe down the lid/handles. Bin men dont touch what's inside it at all.

If this was a rule, this would be a rule.
You would find recent evidence of rules around putting bins out
Just put your bins out normally.

Do you honestly think people do that?

What did I just read

Are we seriously asking about putting bins out

It's a respiratory disease. Passed through you breathing.

No, it’s an airborne disease so you just catch it from breathing in near other people.

Bins and covid rules! If only you had incorporated a fruit shoot or parent and child parking!

Are people seriously suggesting wiping down bin handles?! 🤣

Is this madness ever going to end.....

You do it it’s airborne, don’t you? You’re behaving like it’s 2 years ago and people knew no better.

Just put the bins out OP. No need to wipe anything down.

Just do it fgs

Put them out as normal, just as you’d have done in 2019.

Bring them back after cleaning handles then wash your hands afterwards.

The binmen will touch 100s and may inadvertently pick up germs from one and put then on your bin.

Our council asked that tissues were bagged up, we use bin liners anyway.

Get a grip!

I just waited til later when no one was likely to walk past.

If anyone is good at washing hands, it'll be the bin men.
Just take your bins out.

We isolated but still put the bins out. We only get them emptied every two weeks so wasn't missing bin day.

Think you are overthinking it to be honest

have seen stuff online dated 2020 that talk about everything being double bagged and not touched for 72 hours I saw this recently too! I can’t remember what I was googling.

I assume most people are not doing anything of the sort. Covid is airborne and I’d assume the good thing about bins / bin bags is that they’re all a bit dirty anyway so even if transmission through surface contamination was a big issue (which it isn’t), the bin men generally wear gloves and are probably used to not touching dirty bins and then touching their faces anyway.