Infrastructure recovery after the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake continues to advance thanks to the actions of the international community and of course the Haitians themselves. Most recently, a new waste […]
Criticism in Waste Management World of the environmental impact of waste from Wrexham Maelor Hospital, where an astonishing 97% finds its way to landfill. Last updated: Friday, October 30, 2015
Water is an essential and expensive resource. We generally treat quite lightly the importance of water conservation and see that product which flows so freely from the taps as something of a […]
Strange developments in Providence, RI, where as part of a broader plan to shift some of the burden of waste disposal onto private companies and away from state and local […]
“A new round of cost-cutting by NHS managers has axed funding for practices’ clinical waste disposal and left GPs emptying clinical waste themselves into wheelie bins outside their surgeries. Last […]
News from Malvern Hills District Council’s southern area development control committee, refusing an application for housing development on the site of the old Hangmans Lane incinerator. Stangely, it is reported […]
“Piles of used and blood-filled syringes were discovered in a plastic bag just metres away from a popular Heidelberg playground. Cliff Anderson from Watsonia said he found a bag of […]
ASTM International has published its new standard ASTM F2878 Test Method for Protective Clothing Material Resistance to Hypodermic Needle Puncture. The ASTM standard will advance from the position of BS EN […]
Following several hours teaching yesterday with a new ATT processing provider, it seems important to review briefly two key points as yet not properly considered in the regulatory oversight for […]
Hospital incinerators in the central region of Jordan will be shut down within two months, bringing an end to air pollution and improper handling of medical waste in the country, […]
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (Scotland) has highlighted several significant failures at the Western General. These include a lack of washing facilities for patients and other hygiene errors, and criticism for staff not […]
There is considerable effort at present to present re-usable sharps bins as the most environmentally responsible sharps management system. By avoiding the incineration of plastic single-use sharps bins it is proposed, […]
It seems that HTM 07 01 is delayed. The Department of Health, it is their document, still post the 30 Nov 2006 document on their web site. Much effort was […]
A nice elderly lady called me today, having had some problems with the routine collection of clinical waste from her home. Last updated: Monday, March 7, 2011
“For the next three months a dark cloud will hang over the head of Petra McDonald. “The Kenilworth mother-of-two sat on a syringe which had been discarded on a Brisbane […]
The Sharps Compliance TakeAway Environmental Return system is an attractive new development to capture unwanted medicines from domestic users who can package their drug waste in reply-paid envelopes for return […]
“A Matthews medical waste incinerator faces more hurdles in meeting a 2012 deadline to meet new air-pollution standards, and could be closed or sold. Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
A vast quantity of medical (pharma) waste is to be sent for incineration from Lebanon to France. Last updated: Sunday, June 29, 2014
We talk often about the basis of objections to waste facilities and hear of concerns regarding noise, traffic, pollution of air, land and water, fear of blood and needles, concerns […]
That invaluable resource NetRegs has today highlighted upcoming changes brought about by the new Waste Regulations 2011 – England and Wales. Last updated: Saturday, March 23, 2019
The location of any waste management facility is always the subject of great anguish. Once a site has been proposed, arguments against its confirmation will be raised and the proposal […]
Sharps disposal for home users is always a problem. With uncertain funding arrangements many GPs and high street chemists are reluctant to take them and accept charges for disposal. Patients […]
A waste and recycling company based in the Dorset town of Poole has been ordered to pay out more than £60,000 after it was found to have breached a number […]
Pharmaceutical waste, including both prescription and non-prescription waste, is a substantial problem. Sadly, across the UK little is done to effectively manage the problem, and much of the work that […]
How to prevent sharps injury, and how to manage those which do occur are vitally important issues for those who are likely to be exposed to sharps during the course […]
The Health Care Foundation of Nepal has expanded its healthcare waste management system to 10 wards at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu. Last updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
“A group of mums in a housing block in Warddykes Road, Arbroath, are fed up with nothing being done about the dangerous litter left behind by drug addicts in the area. […]
Sales & Business Development Manager – Clinical / Hazardous waste streams Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Compared with the rest of the world, we are fortunate in the UK to have our National Health Service with its world-renowned accessibility, free at the point of care, its […]
HTM 07-01 recommends extensive segregation of waste and in their turn the Environment Agency expects that it will happen and penalises waste management operators if it doesn’t. That regulatory stance […]