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Any rules re putting out bins - Covid infected household

114 replies

ScrunchedAndScrambled · 14/02/2022 17:40

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?

OP posts:
riveted1 · 15/02/2022 13:33

@BestKnitterInScotland

Do you really, honestly, think that people are going to catch covid from your bins? Hmm
The risk isn't "catching COVID from bins"

It's by leaving your house when you're infectious, you're likely to be leaving a trail of aerosols that could potentially infect someone else.

If you're just literally stepping outside then it's unlikely to be a problem.

Blubells · 15/02/2022 13:47

It's by leaving your house when you're infectious, you're likely to be leaving a trail of aerosols that could potentially infect someone else.

But bins are outside, in the fresh air!

Most people have either been vaccinated or have recovered from covid - do we really still need to be so worried about a 'trail of aerosol' outside...?!

Floydthebarber · 15/02/2022 13:56

I'm sure binmen have had detailed procedures on how to avoid being contaminated by something on a bin for longer than Covid 19 has been around.

riveted1 · 15/02/2022 13:56

@Blubells

It's by leaving your house when you're infectious, you're likely to be leaving a trail of aerosols that could potentially infect someone else.

But bins are outside, in the fresh air!

Most people have either been vaccinated or have recovered from covid - do we really still need to be so worried about a 'trail of aerosol' outside...?!

Yup, and as I said in my last post, millions of people live in flats.

I've said a couple of times now if you're just going outside I wouldn't worry in the slightest.

Floydthebarber · 15/02/2022 13:57

@Blubells

It's by leaving your house when you're infectious, you're likely to be leaving a trail of aerosols that could potentially infect someone else.

But bins are outside, in the fresh air!

Most people have either been vaccinated or have recovered from covid - do we really still need to be so worried about a 'trail of aerosol' outside...?!

Also, the wind this week isn't going to let a trail of aerosols linger!
Pixies74 · 15/02/2022 18:15

@Mediocrates

This is something I'd never considered until I was on the phone to Test & Protect for the 4642256th time this week because all five of us have Covid.

I asked a completely different question and the response was "We tell people not to even put their bins out". (We did, but we gave the handles a wipe down)

Isn't that more to do with going outside and potentially bumping into another person though than touching the handles?

(Both have negligent risks but touching bin handles not against the law Grin)

Pixies74 · 15/02/2022 18:17

Oh god, it's the "fuming because a neighbour with Covid's ball got kicked into our garden" thread all over again...

DoctorSnortles · 15/02/2022 18:35

Nobody calls you in England any more.

Yes, they do. I had about 20 calls this week from Test and Trace, most of which seemed to be from a very young adult making the calls whilst lying on his bed with one eye on his questionnaire and another on his X-Box. His mumbling was incomprehensible, but he was persistent.

Veryvversatile · 16/02/2022 10:20

Clearly OP is trolling

MajorCarolDanvers · 16/02/2022 10:22

Just put the bin out.

Blubells · 16/02/2022 11:02

I also wondered whether this is a wind up?!

ToooutThere · 16/02/2022 11:08

@RoseRedRoseBlue

Is this madness ever going to end.....
not on MN, not a chance Hmm

Everywhere else I know people started living normal lives again, covid doesn't even make it to the conversation topic list anymore when meeting up with friends.

MNetters are just not ready to let it go yet, it's sad to see these threads thriving.

1dayatatime · 16/02/2022 17:33

I think the "Covid Bin Guidance" is that provided you sing happy birthday twice whilst taking the bins out and then finish off by banging some saucepans together then you should be fine.

Unless you live at Number 10 in which case you can do what the hell you like.

BogRollBOGOF · 16/02/2022 23:29

Any aersols that I breathed out when putting my bin out will be over half-way to the Faroe Islands by now.
TBH, I'll be impressed if my bin is still in the same postcode in the morning. Double points if it still contains recycling.

The virus deteriorates very rapidly beyond the human body be that in outdoors fresh air or on surfaces. Surface transmission was rapidly dismissed in importance by the summer of 2020. It's only persisted at being a "thing" because it bulks up a risk assessment nicely and there's lots of "reassuring" visual things you can do to make it look like you're being "covid secure".

BritWifeInUSA · 17/02/2022 05:27

@dementedpixie

Found this:

All personal waste such as used tissues and disposable cleaning cloths should be placed securely in a plastic bag or bin liner

This plastic bag should then be placed in another plastic bag and securely tied. These bags must be stored separately to other waste for at least 72 hours before being placed in the general rubbish collection.

After 72 hours outside the body the virus is no longer viable and the double bagged waste can be put in the general rubbish collection as normal. Only waste that is contaminated, such as tissues that have been coughed in and cleaning cloths, need to be treated in this way. Regular household recycling and waste should be treated as normal.

That’s guidance, not rules. It says “should”, not “must”.
EarringsandLipstick · 17/02/2022 05:38

@Enjoyingaquickdip

Jesus Christ, honestly is this a March 2020 thread Hmm.
Absolutely. It's hard to believe this is still being written.
EarringsandLipstick · 17/02/2022 05:39

Nevertheless just try to do when others not about and wipe handles.

What? This is not necessary.

WutheringHeights66 · 17/02/2022 05:50

We put the bins out over a year ago with Covid and brought NDN in. I did wipe his handles down with Dettol wipes just in case and rinsed mine out with the hosepipe and bleach.

I put them out when it was quiet.

I do that every two weeks anyway so that wasn’t Covid related.

WutheringHeights66 · 17/02/2022 05:51

Oh not another 🧟‍♀️

AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair · 17/02/2022 05:59

The only explanation for this thread is that the OP lives in the middle of nowhere and the Wi-Fi is so poor it's taken 20 months to upload

Aposterhasnoname · 17/02/2022 06:55

OMG. In a week the requirement to isolate is going to be dropped, but we still have people fretting over putting the sodding bin out! They’ve done a right number on some people.

User639710 · 17/02/2022 07:00

The thing about the bins was right at the start when paramedics were collecting the covid infected in hazmat suits

Twiglets1 · 17/02/2022 07:34

This will appear in a later thread called Only on Mumsnet

JustDanceAddict · 17/02/2022 07:38

My dh put the bins out w covid!

solbunny · 17/02/2022 08:57

Everyone is shouting at OP to calm down, but as far as I can tell OP has the least agitated posts on the thread 🤣

Yep, I agree that covid really has turned people mad!

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