Fenland clinical waste charging issues rumble on
Fenland Council plans, or is that a threat (?), to impose charges to patients/householders for domiciliary clinical waste collections rumble on. The driver has been a decision by the NHS […]
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Grundon – Clinical Waste sales executive
If you have at least two years’ sales experience, ideally in field sales (you have proven ability to successfully cold call), and are keen to get stuck into a rewarding […]
Veolia to trial electric bin lorries powered by energy-from-waste
Waste management firm Veolia’s vehicle fleet is set to include two fully-electric bin lorries, which will be charged with power derived from waste collected by the company. The project will […]
US study sheds light on needlestick injuries at MRFs
The hazards of needles to MRF sorters are well recognized, but new research puts an estimate to just how many workers are injured by them each year. In a survey, […]
Fenland to impose charges to patients for domestic sharps collections
As we noted previously, it is now confirmed that Fenland District Council WILL bill patients directly for the collection of sharps containers from domestic premises. We reported on news reports […]
Clinical waste to dump, then back to wards!
Lagos, Nigeria, isn’t the place where one might expect the highest standards of hygiene and infection prevention, or of probity. So it is perhaps no surprise to read this piece […]
SRCL fails in tender case and “hurt NHS”
A case against NHS England for allegedly accepting an “abnormally low” offer as part of a contract for clinical waste disposal services in a case brought by SRCL has been dismissed […]
Medical waste management crucial to a liveable city
THE High Court’s directive to the government on Sunday to create a separate Medical Waste Management Authority in each division by October 4 is welcome. The court gave the directive […]
Mum must pay to dispose of her 12-year-old’s diabetic needles
A Mum is reported to be “utterly shocked” after being told she will have to pay to dispose of her 12-year-old diabetic daughter’s needles, and quite rightly so. A council […]
Council slammed over lack of clinical waste collections
A health and safety expert has criticised Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC) for failing to provide a clinical waste collection service. Tony Whittaker, of Artillery Road, Saighton, said the […]
Clinical Waste is not always what it seems!
That’s right. Clinical Waste is not always what it seems! If you’re in doubt, take a look at https://www.facebook.com/pages/biz/Clinical-Waste-1587879224819945/. Clinical Waste describe themselves as “West Suffolk Hopsital [sic] Rock/Pop covers band, […]
Clinical waste plan for disused Hanley Swan incinerator
A disused incinerator could be brought back to life as a plant to dispose of clinical waste. The incinerator, at Hangmans Lane, Hanley Swan, was built in the early 1970s to […]
Street cleaners find human organs in garbage bin
Street cleaners in a northeastern Egyptian city found a medical waste bag in a garbage bin filled with human liver, other organs, and surgical instruments. Mahmoud, a cleaner, said he […]
Operator/Driver Clinical Waste
Production Operative/Driver £10ph Cobham Based (Temp to Perm Position) Salary/Rate – £10.00/hour Location – Cobham, Surrey Agency – Interaction Recruitment This role is for an immediate start – they are looking to locate […]
Man died 20 years after prick from infected needle
A man with a learning disability who contracted Hepatitis B from a dirty needle while gardening died due to the virus twenty years later. Dermot Redmond (53) from Walkinstown Road […]
Pharmaceutical drugs in York’s rivers
Scientists have found 29 different types of pharmaceutical drugs in York’s two rivers. Samples from the Foss and the Ouse contained a range of drugs – including antidepressants and antibiotics. The […]
Discarded needles won’t “jump out and bite you”
In a comment that perhaps rates as the most arrogant and ill-advised comment ever made regarding sharps safety, health ‘officials’ are urging Londoners to become more educated about discarded needles […]
Newport hospitals’ medical wrap waste fuels recycling
A corner of the hospital site is being used to drive what Gwent’s health board and a south Wales company hope will be a revolution in waste recycling. Every day, […]
A Royal day out?
Princess Royal visits Shotts energy plant and officially opened Healthcare Environmental Group’s waste to energy plant. The day was planned to celebrate the positive contribution that the new eco park will […]
Pilfering from clinical wastes
A US nurse admitted in court pilfering from clinical wastes to obtain drugs apparently ‘to aid in suicide attempts at her home’, but denied using those drugs and/or the syringes […]
Van Driver: Clinical Waste
Van Driver Required Daytime hours but some flexibility required on Occasion GBP20,800 Monday to Friday 40hrs per week (Cobham, Surrey) A van driver is required to commence a permanent role […]
They’ve stuffed up: How the hospital lost my mum’s arm
On occasions, people want to keep their gallstones as a memento of their operation, and there is the ongoing issue of disposal of foetal remains and the question of a […]
The workers are revolting!
Striking workers trash Johannesburg Hospital The disruptive actions of striking workers at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital are unacceptable and need to be dealt with decisively, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday […]
Clinical Waste & Environmental Compliance Officer/Quality Controller/Auditor
Medical / Clinical Waste & Environmental Compliance Officer / Quality Controller / Auditor that has previous experience working within a Healthcare Waste Management role is required by a well-established, leading […]
Bouygues offers West Middlesex hospital remedy for clinical waste
Bouygues Energies & Services has struck an agreement with Eurotec Environmental to supply sustainable clinical waste services to West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH), part of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS […]
NHS a ‘significant polluter’ producing 590,000 tonnes of waste a year
The NHS is a ‘significant polluter’ producing 590,000 tonnes of waste a year – more than some European countries! The Government’s chief medical adviser has called the NHS a “significant […]
Clinical Waste Service Driver
Clinical Waste Service Driver -3. 5ton / 7. 5ton & Class 2 – Cannock The company specialize in the management of washroom, clinical and medical waste disposal and supply of […]
New machine cleans and recycles used syringes
A US news report highlights Sterilis, a new device that sterilizes and recycles used syringes. Manufacturing Vice President for Sterilis, Tony Batalha showed Western Mass News what the machine is […]
NHS buys mobile needle exchange for addicts amid HIV ‘outbreak’
The NHS has bought a mobile needle exchange for heroin addicts to use in a bid to halt an “uncontained HIV outbreak” in Scotland’s largest city. It is estimated that […]
Tissue waste disposal, Russian style?
Two fisherman have made a grisly discovery on an island in the Amur River, near Khabarovsk in the far east of Russia, when they stumbled upon a severed hand. Police […]