San Francisco’s city leaders are poised to pass an ordinance requiring name-brand drug manufacturers to pay for collection and disposal of unused prescription medicines to curb prescription misuse and environmental impacts. […]
Comparison of the employment terms for clinical waste drivers in UK and US raises several interesting points. Last updated: Sunday, January 9, 2011
Clinical waste management companies frequently see themselves as potential targets for protesters. Resistance to planning and licensing applications, and subsequently a stream of complaints about, well, about just about everything. […]
The US medical waste management market to reach US$3.2 billion by 2015, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Last updated: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
After bad weather and industrial disputes, waste collections in Birminham have suffered. Now clinical waste collection delays are blamed on staffing problems. Last updated: Thursday, October 11, 2018
A controversial ‘super-dump’ is set to open in Co Londonderry despite strong opposition from local residents. Last updated: Saturday, February 14, 2015
Unions representing bin collectors in Birmingham have announced two half days of strike action. Last updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Environmental regulations are constantly changing and it is sometimes difficult for companies to know just where they stand. Last updated: Saturday, March 23, 2019
As we in the UK continue to suffer with bad weather, it is reported that a man from Manly, Australia, will have to wait six months to learn if he has contracted […]
Resomation is in the news again, if only because of a perceived ‘Yuk factor’. Several national papers are reporting that Cambridge City Crematorium is considering trials of alternatives to cremation. […]
The Telegraph today has a round-up of the responses of various Local Authorities to domestic collections while the bad weather continues, or perhaps after the bad weather has eased considerably […]
“About a month ago, hazmat crews were called to Monsour Medical Center in Jeannette, Pennsylvania because of medical waste issues. Last updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
In a perhaps bizarre legal move, manufacturers of sharps and pharmaceutical companies that make drugs used in the sharps in the state of Minnesota have until July 1, 2011, to share required […]
“Wilmington police were called to the Cherry Island landfill 31 Dec 2010. There among the loads of trash, workers found the body of a man. It appears he had been […]
Recycle for Norfolk have published an interesting news item with this title, emploring poeople to keep used needles out of the recycling system. Last updated: Saturday, April 1, 2017
Needlestick insurance is becoming big business in the US. Last updated: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
“Civil Defense put into effect the emergency evacuation plan of a Jeddah hospital when a fire tore through its nearby medical waste warehouse early Sunday morning, authorities said. Last updated: […]
More from the Local Authorities concerning clinical waste collections in this harsh winter weather. West Lancashire Borough Council have announced that from 23 December until at least Tuesday 28 December […]
An interesting discussion of Podiatry Forum questions the responsibility for the costs of disposal of clinical waste sacks in a shared consulting room. Though that is not our concern, it […]
“A mother has told how her 3-year-old daughter pricked her finger in a container of used flu vaccine syringes at a pharmacy Last updated: Saturday, December 15, 2018
The Sri Lanka Central Environment Authority will launch in January a new program to curb hazardous waste from clinics, hospitals etc, CEA Chairman Charitha Herath has said. This will be […]
Cold weather continues to affect the UK and in response to this the Environment Agency (England and Wales) has issued guidance on their approach to Environmental Permitting Regulations while the […]
In response to a request for clarification and assistance, we have added a Google Translation function to all web pages and to each post in the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum. Select […]
More on the problems of clinical (and other) waste collections in this difficult wastes, the difficulties faced by collection authorities and the very considerable difficulties this creates for patients. Last […]
Hospital Waste Management Practices and Environmental Problems Manel HERATH Last updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
“After failing to evolve consensus on the most suitable technology for disposal of hospital waste, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has decided to allow health facilities to choose between […]
WRAP have issued a Press Alert today, to bring news of their funding cut. Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
You can now post your own message on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum. Click here, then follow the link to the Registration page. All registrations and posts are subject to […]
We have been consistently critical of the poor response by Local Authorities to managing drug litter and of clinical wastes from the community. So, for a change, some good news! Last […]
The current extreme weather affecting the UK creates all sorts of problems with increasing demands on UK national and local infrastructure. Moreover, it prompts once more for close attention to […]