Survey of the actual conditions of the garbage collection process for the preparation of the infection risk assessment table for COVID-19.

Abstract

Municipal solid waste collection services are one of the important lifelines that support social life. The purpose of this study is to verify and evaluate the "Guidelines for the prevention of novel coronavirus infection related to waste" issued by the Ministry of the Environment under the epidemic of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection that began in 2020, and to present infection prevention measures necessary for the continuation of refuse collection operations during future epidemics of infectious diseases. An infection risk assessment table will be used for this evaluation and verification. We conducted a questionnaire survey of municipalities, including government-designated cities, where collection operations are conducted, asking about the frequency of the appearance of situations in which the infections identified in the previous studies would occur.