should public waste dispensers be considered biohazard?

Question

especially the little bins inside the stalls for women? definitely should be sealed for biohazard.

what a bunch of horrible answers besides the last one... there is blood in those little "containers"

Answer 1

Having cleaned several women's bathrooms in various flunky positions growing up....I have to agree. Women are disgusting!

Should it be treated as biohazard? No. You will be hard pressed to find many people becoming ill from bathroom trash. The economic costs to classify such trash as biohazardous, however, would cause inflation and/or loss of businesses/jobs. Just wash your hands before you leave.

Answer 2

Yomama: Innocent everyday questions such as this cause the bureaucrates to self propagate. Yes.Being a blood product it falls under the definition of a biohazard. Incineration or product break down in a landfill will alter any harmful chemical residue. If users of the 'little bins' handle their product correctly there need not be any more legislation or economic costs associated with their disposal.

Answer 3

Any container used for the disopsal of waste that has been biologically contaminates is in fact a biohazard ans should be marked as such. even the trash cans on the side walk would qualify due to the fact that thre are some people that spit in them as well as all the partially eaten foods that are thrown in. And most definately the little units in womens stall should be marked as such.

Answer 4

Yeah....and they should give out those funky yellow suits and breathing apparatus every time you use a public convenience.

Answer 5

Well, they are containers, not dispensers. I don't think they are handing out waste, they are containing it.

Answer 6

How about our fellow humans, aren't they also bio-hazards?