Slogans for Disposal of Abandoned Masks on Campus

The Beijing News (Reporter Ma) put on epidemic prevention goggles, masks and disposable gloves, and pulled up the newly configured yellow special garbage bin for medical waste. At 9: 00 am on February 3, Chen Yanqing, a street sanitation worker in Zhongguancun, Beijing, and his colleagues began to recycle discarded masks in the community.

Discarded masks are treated in different ways according to their location and usage scenarios. The reporter tracked the recycling process of abandoned masks in Zhongguancun Street and found that Zhongguancun Street has set up a recycling place for abandoned masks. During the recycling process, discarded masks and garbage cans were disinfected several times to prevent "secondary pollution" caused by discarded masks.

The used masks set up in Donglin Community of Shuangyushu were recycled into the trash can. Beijing News reporter Li Kaixiang photo

Set up a special trash can, and collect it once every three days.

Today is the second time that the streets have concentrated on collecting and treating discarded masks. In order to prevent the "secondary pollution" of discarded masks, on June 29th, 65438, Zhongguancun Street set up 40 recycling points for discarded masks within its jurisdiction. It is distributed near 30 neighborhood committees in the street, and public areas such as supermarkets and shopping malls are also set up. It should be collected and processed once every three days.

Chen Yanqing's sanitation enterprise undertakes the cleaning and disinfection work of Zhongguancun Street. According to the requirements of street unification, gloves should be worn in two layers, with disposable PVC medical gloves inside and pure rubber industrial gloves outside. Both layers of gloves are required to be used once.

Cleaning staff will collect discarded masks in street recycling places in groups of 3-4 people. Chen Yanqing and two colleagues first came to Donglin Community Service Station by harmful waste transfer vehicle and high-pressure cleaning and disinfection vehicle. In front of the service station, two red trash cans are particularly conspicuous, with the words "used to discard masks" posted on them. At the same time, there is a reminder slogan on the trash can-"The mask can't get in or there is a virus. Please don't move it regularly. "

Before collecting discarded masks, the trash can and the masks inside should be disinfected for the first time. After guidance, the concentration ratio of chlorine dioxide disinfectant was increased from daily 1: 150 to 1: 100. According to the staff, two 5-liter barrels of disinfectant can basically be used up in one day. In order to prevent the disinfectant droplets from entering the eyes, one of the three people wears goggles and is responsible for spraying.

After spraying, Chen Yanqing and another colleague took the mask out of the trash can with a pick-up clip, put it into their own medical waste garbage bag, tied it tightly with a rubber band, and put it into the special trash can for medical waste on the garbage transfer car.

The cleaning staff disinfected the waste mask recycling trash can. Beijing News reporter Li Kaixiang photo

The number of discarded masks has increased rapidly, and the phenomenon of mixed throwing still exists.

The reporter noticed that there are also non-prescribed discarded items such as express bags and toilet paper in the garbage collected from the trash can dedicated to discarding masks. "This is inevitable." The staff said that masks can also be found in ordinary trash cans.

Because the recycling places of discarded masks are generally located in crowded places, after the masks are collected, they should be sprayed and disinfected in a large surrounding area with a high-pressure cleaning vehicle.

Even on the days when masks are not collected, the cleaning staff should disinfect the discarded mask trash can once a day. The collected masks were transferred to Zhongguancun Hospital and labeled with the name of medical waste, indicating the unit, time, weight and type. As the responsible staff, Chen Yanqing signed her name, disinfected it again, stored it in the hospital hazardous waste storage room, and treated it as medical waste according to the requirements of the street.

On June 365438+1October 3 1 day, the first mask recycling was carried out on the street. After more than a day of centralized recycling and disinfection, more than 70 discarded masks were collected by * * * *. "Although today's mask collection and disinfection work will not end until 1 1 in the evening, at the entrance of some community neighborhood committees, more than 90 masks were collected in a trash can." A staff member told reporters.

Cao, secretary of the General Party Branch of Donglin Community, introduced that after the notice was issued by the street, it was notified to the residents of the community 1 179 179 through the community wechat group, official wechat account and publicity column.

In Zhongguancun Hospital, the cleaning staff is filling out the "Community Mask Recycling Form". Beijing News reporter Li Kaixiang photo

Expert: It is recommended to wrap the mask in a plastic bag before discarding it, and it is not recommended to tear or cut it.

Immunologists say that the disposal of discarded masks mainly depends on the area and the use scene. The masks of residents in epidemic areas such as Wuhan, Hubei Province need to be collected and treated centrally because there are many local infected people. Areas with high risk of virus infection, such as hospitals, should be collected and treated as medical waste.

After ordinary residents use masks, it is best to put them in plastic bags and throw them away directly. "Not all masks have novel coronavirus, but used masks have many microorganisms, viruses and bacteria. It is better to wrap them and throw them away, which is more beneficial to the surrounding environment." It represents.

In order to prevent discarded masks from being picked up and used again, some residents choose to tear them up or cut them into pieces before discarding them. In view of this situation, experts advise the public not to touch used masks as much as possible. "I personally don't advocate tearing the mask by hand because the mask is dirty." It says it does not advocate cutting used masks. If it is really necessary to destroy discarded masks, pay attention to washing hands or disinfecting tools after the end.