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 […]
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Risks as hospital burns medical waste in open pit
The Kenyan Standard Digital reports on the pollution risks to residents close to a hospital that is burning its medical (clinical) waste in open burn pits. Choking smoke from burning medical waste at Molo […]
13 clinical waste incinerators: UK firm in export deal with Pakistan
A Staffordshire-based manufacturer has completed its biggest export deal to date, supplying 13 medical waste incinerators to Pakistan with support from the Department for International Trade (DIT). Addfield Environmental Systems […]
Gangrene energy?
It’s an hilarious headline. Describing “Fury at plan to burn BODY PARTS and medical waste to power hundreds of homes”, the Daily Mail is calling the planned power output Gangrene Energy. […]
EA correct and release ‘Waste management 2016 in England: data tables’
2018 Revised spreadsheet ‘Waste management 2016 in England: data tables’. Amendment to ‘Operational incinerators’ worksheet. Permitted waste management activities provide information about wastes accepted and removed from their facilities. This […]
Clinical waste information – Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Someone is continuing in their quest to winkle out waste outputs from hospitals all over the UK, using freedom of information requests. This one, to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust seems […]
Winchfield pet crematorium celebrates 25 years
A pet crematorium in Winchfield is celebrating 25 years of helping grieving animal lovers – despite vets saying the idea would never catch on. In 1992, Barry Spurgeon and his […]
Maintenance Team Leader – Energy from Waste
A Maintenance Team Leader is required to work at an operational energy from waste power station in the Birmingham area. The person will be responsible for scheduling and supervising of […]
Research papers 2016
Continuing the policy of listing those research papers and other published works that we have found to be of relevance and particular interest, we have now compiled the list of […]
Drug Disposal System-Pill Crusher
The Drug Disposal System-Pill Crusher is a specially designed device to feed pills (medications) into, and they are crushed automatically. It is operated by a sensor and a permanent lock […]
CalRecycle levy sharps disposal charge on IV drug manufacturers
CalRecycle have put out a message concerning the impending deadline for the registration of IV pharmaceutical manufactures’ who forthwith will be financially responsible for the collection and disposal of used sharps. […]
Amputated legs on NSW tip
Two human legs that were removed during a surgery have been found in a waste dump near Newcastle in New South Wales, police have confirmed. A man working at a […]
Waste management firm goes green, creates 50 jobs
Herald Scotland reports that a Lanarkshire clinical waste management company has created 50 new jobs following a £10m investment in energy efficiency and recycling. Healthcare Environmental Group, the largest independent […]
What can you do with an amputated limb?
BBC News has a piece today, reporting the case of a man who wanted to donate his amputated leg then chose to hold a guess-the-weight competition last month after his […]
Pet crem dupes customers
A crematorium owner who duped families into thinking he had given them the ashes of their dead pets, only for the animals to be later found in freezers, has been […]
Expecting a delivery today?
Though the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum and Blenkharn Environmental have long-supported postal delivery of small volumes of sharps waste from home users, diabetics and others, to ease the process of […]
Paying for needlestick injury testing?
It is now easy to get needlestick (sharps) injury insurance in the UK though how easy it will be to succeed in a claim remains to be seen, and many […]
80ft chimney at Thriplow pet crematorium safety risk to Duxford pilots
Plans for an 80ft chimney at Thriplow pet crematorium have been branded a safety risk to Imperial War Museum Duxford pilots and could threaten incoming aircraft, according to the neighbouring air museum. […]
Energy from Clinical Waste Team Leader
Veolia’s Energy Recovery Facilities utilise world-class technology to safely transform residual waste in to energy. For the national grid, they generate enough energy to power over 189,000 homes annually. Energy […]
International shipments of untreated clinical wastes
There are many small island and otherwise isolated communities producing clinical wastes that must be shipped long distances and perhaps across national borders in order to reach a satisfactory treatment […]
Medical waste incinerator violates human rights
In an astonishing claim made by The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), it has been decreed that EnviroServ’s regional medical waste incineration facility in Bloemfontein compromises community members’ right to […]
Medical Waste Management Market by Sector, Service, Treatment Technology, Geography
Medical Waste Management Market by Sector, Service, Treatment Technology & Geography – Global Trends & Forecast to 2018 The medical waste management market is likely to grow reasonably in the […]
Healthcare Wastes – a new reference work
Just published: Healthcare Wastes Blenkharn JI In, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier Inc, 2015. 25pp http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09488-4 Available only from Elsevier Last updated: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Kuwait to open 5 new medical waste incinerators
The Ministry of Health of Kuwait has established a special department for medical waste treatment encompassing two divisions, one that deals with incinerators’ issues and the other with follow up […]
Removing pharma waste from the community
On the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum we have for some years now been pushing for community-wide hazardous waste take-back arrangements, organised perhaps by local authorities who might make available better […]
Disposing used sharps
In the UK, we consider it a relatively straightforward process, to dispose used sharps into a compliant sharps bin and have these collected for approved incineration. But not everyone finds […]
Yet another new kid on the block
A new compact energy solution has been launched that will enable hospitals to turn contaminated syringes and other medical devices into heat. DPS Global has unveiled its ST Series, which […]
Disposal of stillborn ‘child’ as clinical waste – European Court judgement
It has been in the news a lot recently, and we have discussed this previously on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum – to ponder upon when a blob of tissue […]
Drug pollution risk ‘a global responsibility’
Rich countries should help poorer countries deal with the risk posed by pharmaceutical contamination of the environment, says an Australian expert. Dr Rai Kookana, an environmental chemist with the CSIRO, […]
Ebola waste treatment – a new kid on the block?
The scramble to ship effective waste sterilisation or incineration facilities to those West African countries presently affected by Ebola virus infection rolls on. Newest kid on the block is the […]