DCC waste workers, treatment workers and others involved in collection and disposal of general waste are exposed to an additional risk do to contamination of materials in city bins with hazardous waste. This places an additional requirement to supply training and PPE to these workers. This requirement is not being met. DCC workers were not found to be aware of hazards, and were not supplied with any PPE. Even if the general city waste were not
contaminated with medical waste, this would be unacceptable, but given the levels of contamination found in this study, the situation is especially serious.