As we have noted before on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum, healthcare regulators the CQC and its Scottish equivalent frequently record issues with clinical and sharps waste handling, transport, and […]
A huge pile of commercial rubbish, thought to include hospital waste, has been fly-tipped in a country lane in Hampshire. The mound of mechanically-processed refuse appeared on a path off Greywell […]
The company contracted to solve Scotland’s clinical waste crisis is facing opposition to its plans for a new treatment plant. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman admitted last week that toxic NHS material, […]
Hazardous clinical waste is being transported in the same hospital trolleys as sterile medical equipment — sparking fears of lethal cross-contamination. A whistleblower raised serious safety concerns after claiming roll […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A former Scottish health secretary has used parliamentary privilege to claim that a Westminster civil servant worked to “deliberately and systematically destroy” a clinical waste company that laid off 400 […]
Packaging solutions company Mauser Packaging has launched a medical waste container made from 100% recycled plastics generated from post-consumer packaging waste. The product, WIVA Infinity Container, was recognised by receiving […]
There are, no doubt, lots of different opinions regarding the current HES Ltd “scandal”. Before making your own decisions about this, read the documents presented by HES Ltd at https://www.healthcareenv.com/the-truth. […]
Looking online for updated information about Healthcare Environmental I was, to say the very least, surprised to see a number of waste management companies who are trying hard to pick up […]
Cardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) has been Highly Commended for its work with a trust in England after pioneering the recycling of medical material to generate income for the NHS. […]
Well done, Southmead. Just make sure that inappropriate wastes are not inadvertently co-disposed with recyclable plastics, otherwise this will be an accident waiting going to happen! Last updated: […]
Residents say proposals to build a medical waste plant near an award-winning nature reserve are “really outrageous”. Energy company Clean Thermodynamic Energy Conversion is awaiting permission from East Sussex County Council […]
Nearby residents raised concerns last week after spotting large shipping containers in the station’s car park being loaded with clinical waste bags. “Over the last couple of weeks it appears […]
The war of words between the Environment Agency (EA) and contractor Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) has worsened after the company released a cache of emails and minutes of a meeting […]
Bags containing IV tubes and “pooled blood” were found in the street by a “shocked” passer-by. Toby Robson found several biohazard bags to his “horror and disgust” in Prospect Place, […]
Among the myriad press reports, government statements and whistleblower claims, some interesting pictures are emerging: from https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-body-parts-scandal-firm-13428693 from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6285325/The-human-waste-mountains-Photos-expose-shocking-scale-unbearable-NHS-rubbish-stench.html from https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/health/body-parts-stacked-ceiling-were-2120865 Some poor practices but I for one have […]
Two newspaper reports caught my eye today. The first, from the Daily Mirror of course calls this the NHS body parts fiasco, but then manages to go further, linking this […]
NHS Improvement and Environment Agency officials have previously privately acknowledged problems with England’s incineration capacity Healthcare Environment Services says it will take legal action against trusts which cancelled contracts Company’s […]
Lord O’Shaughnessy (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health) delivered a written statement to the House yesterday, which has appeared in Hansard today. This statement is to update the House […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]