Appropriate disposal of waste related to COVID-19 infection

　From May 8, 2023, the position of COVID-19 infection has been changed from infectious diseases such as pandemic influenza to Class 5 infectious diseases.
　The disposal of waste generated daily from business sites is one of the essential public utilities that supports society.
　Until now, waste related to COVID-19 has been disposed of in accordance with various guidelines, but in response to the change to Class 5 infectious diseases, the government has no longer required uniform practice.
　In the future, individuals and businesses will be required to work on voluntary infection control measures, but these guidelines are considered to be useful for each entity involved in waste treatment to tackle infectious disease control. Please continue to use it in the future.

・Guidelines for Countermeasures against COVID-19 Infectious Diseases on Waste (PDF: 1,677KB)
[From the Ministry of the Environment]
・Guidelines for Countermeasures against COVID-19 in the Waste Management Business (PDF: 466KB)
[From the Japan Environmental Sanitation Center and Nihon Sangyo Waste Management Promotion Center]

・Regarding the handling of guidelines, etc. accompanying the change in the position of COVID-19 infection under the Infectious Diseases Control Law (May 1, 2023) (PDF: 153KB) [Notice of the Ministry of the Environment]
・Response after the transition of COVID-19 infection to Class 5 infectious diseases (external site) [Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website]
・COVID-19 infection (special page) [Yokohama-shi homepage]
・Infectious waste disposal manual based on the Waste Management Law (PDF: 3,378KB) [From the Ministry of the Environment]
・Q & A on measures against COVID-19 infections in waste treatment (outside site) [Ministry of the Environment website]
・Documents summarizing waste measures related to COVID-19 infection (outside site) [From the Ministry of the Environment]
・About disposal of waste discharged from vaccination related to COVID-19 infection (April 2, 2021) (PDF: 249KB) [Notice of the Ministry of the Environment]
・About equipment (partitions, etc.) of new coronavirus infectious disease measures that became unnecessary [Yokohama-shi homepage]