Clinical waste build-up at hospitals
Clinical waste is piling up outside hospitals, Health Service Journal reveals, amid fallout from the crisis which exploded in the sector last year. An NHS England document, leaked to HSJ, revealed […]
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Elastec portable incinerators
Interesting news from the US company Elastec, who offer a number of different portable incinerators* intended for modest volumes of clinical wastes and pharma waste respectively. The company produce the […]
NHS bids to cut ‘complex’ waste procurement
NHS Shared Business Services has appointed waste contractors to a contract framework, which is intended to reduce the time it takes for NHS organisations to procure waste services. The ‘Waste […]
‘No deal’ EU exit: Government reminder to waste industry
The government is reminding companies which export waste from the UK to review their contingency plans in case of disruption at ports, should the UK leave the European Union without […]
Drug-resistant bacteria isolated from UK wastewater treatment facilities
Researchers have isolated pathogenic, drug-resistant bacteria from wastewater treatment facilities in the UK. Drug-resistant bacteria are increasingly a public health concern as they can lead to serious illness or death, […]
Shetland processing 700 tonnes clinical waste from mainland
Incinerating clinical waste from health boards across Scotland is bringing around £8,000 a week into Shetland Islands Council’s (SIC) coffers. The SIC started taking in low grade NHS waste such […]
Rise in needle injuries following HSE Ltd??
Rise in needle injuries following collapse of hospital waste disposal firm. Union bosses have blamed the spate on untrained porters being made to work with hazardous materials. A Scottish health board […]
Staff take Shotts waste firm HES to court over unpaid wages
More than 180 workers made redundant from clinical waste firm Healthcare Environmental Services have started legal action to recover wages. Three months after the Shotts-based company let all its staff […]
Mystery of the baby’s leg dumped at a Welsh rubbish tip
It started out as just a normal day at the tip for Mike Lewis of Carmarthen. The air was changing as the season altered from summer to autumn. The temperature […]
Growing veggies with hospital waste
Reny Vargheseane of Thane in India is described as a trailblazer. His relentless effort to produce vegetables with waste has taken him places, including winning the National Swachhata Mission award. […]
Medisort fire – Littlehampton
Medisort’s Littlehampton clinical waste disposal facility on fire. Fire engines from West Sussex Fire Service were dispatched to Medisort Fort Road, in Wick, Littlehampton, this morning to tackle the flames. UPDATE It is now […]
Woman wants to use skin from her amputated leg to make handbag
Yes, it’s true. A woman who is soon to have her leg amputated wants to use her own skin to make a handbag. Joan, who is 55 and from Manchester, […]
Clinical waste bins left outside Crosshouse Hospital
After HES Ltd, it seems that the Press are working hard to keep everyone on their toes. Finding wastes stored inappropriately at this Scottish hospital is causing red faces and, […]
Pensioners “plagued by vermin from abandoned HES Ltd plant”
A furious pensioner has told how her home is now plagued by rats and putrid pongs from an abandoned medical waste depot. The lady revealed vermin have overrun her garden since […]
NHS fears 30 tonnes of clinical waste may be missing
NHS bosses warned that nearly 30 tonnes of “high risk” clinical waste may have gone missing. Emails reveal that Shotts-based Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd, which is at the centre of a […]
Carer slams plans to change waste collections in Sheffield Read more at: https://www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/carer-slams-plans-to-change-waste-collections-in-sheffield-1-9601528
Well, it’s spreading among Local Authorities who are presumably cash poor and struggling to balance their books. After news of ‘threats’ to charge for domiciliary clinical waste collections when local […]
Call for extra funds for waste management issues
Health chiefs are being urged to plough more resources into Renfrewshire’s main hospital after inspectors uncovered a string of hygiene failures. Concerns have been raised that extra investment is needed to […]
Veolia gets permit for Hertfordshire EfW plant
Veolia has been granted an environmental permit for its energy from waste plant at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, as it awaits a final decision on planning approval for the facility. The […]
Stericycle losing business?
A broken strap is believed to have a caused a Stericycle clinical (medical) waste spill on a road in Pennsylvania on Thursday. It happened around 1pm Thursday afternoon. What a mess! Apparently, a […]
Gloves for hospital porters
Following up on a recent “expose” in which hospital porters were said to be handling clinical wastes without gloves – or were they – is another and more detailed report, […]
Unsafe waste handling in hospitals
Though we never hesitate to call out bad practice in waste handling across the commercial sector, those tasked with clinical waste management within healthcare establishments too often slip under the […]
Clinical Waste disposal operative
Clinical Waste disposal operative wanted, in the Knowsley area. Duties will include working out in the yard, manoeuvring waste on the plant and the weighing of containers. Ensuring the waste containers […]
Clinical Waste sales exec – Grundon, Berkshire
Grundon are seeking a clinical waste sales executive with at least two years’ sales experience, ideally in field sales (with proven ability to successfully cold call), who is keen to hit the […]
Clinical Waste Driver
TotalJobs are recruiting a Clinical Waste Van Driver for their Rugby based client. Full time, minimum 40 hours per wk, Mon-Fri, varying between 5am-5pm Job Description & Duties: Driving up […]
Newhaven Clinical waste plant given green light
Plans to open a medical waste plant in Newhaven have been given the go-ahead by East Sussex planners. At a meeting on Wednesday (January 16), East Sussex County Council planners […]
Clinical Waste Operative
There is a current opportunity for a Clinical Waste Operative in the Maidstone, Medway, Faversham, Sittingbourne area. Due to the nature of this role and client insurances you must be over […]
Tradebe shoot themselves in the foot as they step in over HES problems
The Scottish Daily Record reveals today that the firm stepping in after NHS clinical waste crisis fined £500k over their own environmental scandals. Surely, this must be seen as hilarious and ironic, […]
NHS waste from north Scotland sent to Shetland for incineration
Shetland Islands Council is incinerating hundreds of tons of NHS clinical waste from health boards across Scotland – including the Highland and Grampian – to help ease a national backlog. […]
Hospital porters injured handling clinical waste
Four porters at Inverness’ Raigmore Hospital were injured carrying out work involving clinical waste, the GMB union has said. The union has submitted a collective grievance to NHS Highland about the […]
Shock! Horror! New pictures ‘lay bare scale of NHS body parts scandal’
In a display of remarkable journalistic hyperbole, today’s Daily Mail screams “Shocking new pictures lay bare scale of NHS body parts scandal: Inside waste disposal firm facing criminal probe after […]