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Waste Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic

6 April 2020
These recommendations were created to help guide waste management practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is built upon the recommendations made by ISWA to the European Commission as a response to their request for input.

How to Dispose of Healthcare Waste in Landfills

6 April 2020
This presentation explains how to dispose of healthcare waste safely in landfills during the COVID-19 crisis and highlights the importance of sanitary landfills as final sinks especially for the Global South.

COVID-19 and Hazardous Waste Management

6 April 2020
In this video, Nicolas Humez, Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Hazardous Waste and Director of Public Affairs for SARP Industries gives an update on the COVID-19 waste situation in France, as well as general advice on how to deal with Hazardous Waste during this difficult time.

Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Biomedical and Health Care Wastes (Y1; Y3)

6 April 2020
These guidelines provide information for the proper treatment of wastes from healthcare establishments (public and private).

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound co-processing of hazardous wastes in cement kilns

6 April 2020
Cement kilns have a long history of co-processing alternative and hazardous fuels. The UN Environment Programme provide detailed guidelines on the safe use of cement kilns for the disposal of medical waste from an environmental perspective.

Treatment and disposal technologies for health-care waste

6 April 2020
Cement kilns have a long history of co-processing alternative and hazardous fuels. WHO provides detailed guidelines on the safe use of cement kilns for the disposal of medical waste from a human health perspective.

Cement kiln to treat medical waste of COVID-19

6 April 2020
The People's Republic of China identified that cement kilns could support the safe disposal of infectious COVID-19 medical waste, and approached the Huaxin Cement company to assist the government in its response.

Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2

6 April 2020
List of products that meet the US Environmental Protection Agency criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness & Response Plan (FAD PReP) Standard Operating Procedures - Cleaning and Disinfection

6 April 2020
The FAD PReP Standard Operating Procedures provide operational guidance for responding to an animal health emergency in the US.

Sequence for putting on and removal of PPEs

6 April 2020
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requires the correct methods for use, donning and doffing to provide maximum protection to the user. The CDC provides guidelines on the correct methods for dressing and undressing.