Pursuant to the opinion of the Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic, the protective equipment used by households or employees under normal operations – masks, respirators, gloves, tissues - should be disposed of as normal waste. Therefore, no special procedure is applied here. This waste is deposited only into mixed waste. […]

Pursuant to the opinion of the Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic, the protective equipment used by households or employees under normal operations – masks, respirators, gloves, tissues – should be disposed of as normal waste. Therefore, no special procedure is applied here. This waste is deposited only into mixed waste.

The following procedure is recommended:

The protective equipment used, such as face masks or gloves, should be placed in a plastic bag or sack and tightly closed;
The sack or bag must be thrown out into the mixed municipal waste (black waste bin);
Please follow all hygiene rules and wash your hands after handling the waste.

If you are in quarantine:

Put the waste in a plastic bin bag and properly tie it after each use;
After filling it, put the bag into another bag and store the waste at home;
Only after 72 hours or after receiving notice of negative results, place this waste into a municipal waste collection bin (black waste bin);
Do not place the waste near the waste collection bins to avoid endangering waste collection workers.

How to handle waste during COVID-19 – flyer for download

Updated guidance from the Ministry of Environment regarding waste handling during the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 can be found at https://www.minzp.sk/spravy/usmernenie-k-nakladaniu-odpadom.html