How to dispose of COVID-19 home test kits
How to dispose
There are two ways to dispose of COVID-19 test kits depending on the part of the test kit.
Medical parts in the kit
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Put into your black cart
Put COVID-19 antigen rapid test devices into your black cart as garbage.
This includes:
- Buffer bottle
- Extraction tube
- Swabs
- Swab packaging
- The test device
- Any small plastic components
Paper, cardboard and plastic wrapping in the kit
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Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot
Put paper instructions, cardboard boxes and plastic bags:
- Into your blue cart for recycling
- Take to a community recycling depot