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Items which are of a regular, everyday trash or recycling nature (i.e. things which you would dispose of in other more normal ways) which are NOT contaminated by some biological should not be placed in a biohazard bag. Also, sharp items which might puncture the bag - specifically, those items known as "sharps" (needles, etc.) - have specific hard-shell containers for disposal.

Those items which are radiologically contaminated, or of very high biological contamination (requiring BL3 or BL4 containment protocols) should be put in their own specially-designed containers, not the standard biohazard bag.

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