Household Waste and Recycling

Double bag your waste and keep untouched for 72 hours. This can be done at the end of your self-isolation period or before if you are wearing adequate PPE (disposable gloves and a face covering) and are not using communal areas (e.g. stairwells/lifts/communal doors in a block of flats).

Contact the Clinical Helpline to arrange a test. Do not put any waste out for collection while you wait for the result.

If the test result is positive, follow the Public Health guidance contained within your ‘Positive Pack’. This pack will be supplied to you via post after you receive your positive result.

If the result is negative, double bag your waste, wait 48 hours after you are symptom free and keep your waste bags untouched for 72 hours - whichever comes last. This can be done at the end of your self-isolation period or before if you are wearing adequate PPE (disposable gloves and a face covering) and are not using communal areas (e.g. stairwells/lifts/communal doors in a block of flats). Do not place your waste outside while you are symptomatic.

Double bag your waste. Keep your waste bags untouched for 72 hours and, if symptomatic, wait 48 hours after you are symptom free - whichever comes last. This can be done at the end of your self-isolation period or before if you are wearing adequate PPE (disposable gloves and a face covering) and are not using communal areas (e.g. stairwells/lifts/communal doors in a block of flats).

Do not place your waste outside if you are symptomatic.

You will need to follow the Public Health guidance contained within your ‘Positive Pack’. This pack will be supplied to you via post after you receive your positive result.

You may put your own waste out as normal, but you should avoid handling the waste of the isolating individual.

In the event that the isolating individual’s waste is combined with yours (e.g. food waste) then the waste should be double bagged and must be kept untouched for 72 hours before being placed out for collection.

Alternatively, positive cases should exclusively follow the guidance and yellow clinical bags contained within in their ‘Positive Pack’ as described above.

You may continue to put your kerbside waste/recycling out as normal.