Illegal medical waste dump sites cleared

“The four illegal medical waste dumping sites in and around Welkom have been cleared and rehabilitated, according to the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER) 2010/11 released on Thursday.

“Meanwhile, the cost of clearing the site and safely disposing of the medical waste at authorised high hazard landfill sites has been put at between R50 million and R60 million.

” The Green Scorpions – officials from the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Environmental Management Inspectorate – uncovered healthcare risk waste or medical waste during a raid at a brick manufacturing facility, Maximus Bricks in November 2009 (reported previously on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum).

http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/11/11110315351002

 

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