The archived Clinical Waste Discussion Forum files and all message posts that were available before the major rewriting of this site are still available, and as promised we will be making these available for reference as soon as time permits.

Despite the malicious spam attacks that necessitated rewriting of the site using a fundamentally different, and more robust, authoring system nothing was lost. The archives contain 1000+ files comprising news and information, comment and reference material that provide a valuable resource for those interested in or involved with clinical waste management from the bedside to final disposal.

On a positive note, the new blog system is particularly succesful at stopping spam and although this still occurs it is presently at a lesser rate that was seen previously, and is successfully trapped before becoming live.

The anti-spam measures mean that we have taken the decision to stop posts from and but the admin team.

You can add comments to any existing post. These comments will not show immediately but require ‘approval’ before becoming visible to others. As always, there will be no editorial or other constraints placed on any user who stays within the very simple and straightforward rules; the delay is merely to allow for spam control and to trap those automated messages that none of us wish to see.

Clinical Waste Discussion Forum

Please note:

1. The Forum is presented “as is”. It is intended as an open information exchange, to facilitate the exchange of news, views and opinions. Feel free to post questions, or to offer answers to the questions posted by others. Your opinion and experience will be valuable to others, and we hope that this Forum will provide an easily accessible means to share knowledge, to develop or maintain best practice, and to seek advice from others.
2. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your professional advisers or any regulatory body.
3. We welcome the involvement of all those interested or involved in the handling of clinical wastes and related healthcare wastes, from bedside to end-disposal.
4. Do not duplicate messages unnecessarily.
5. Posted comments are reviewed daily, but will appear live only after review. This is to prevent spam; otherwise, all comments that comply with these simple rules will be approved for inclusion without editorial of other revision.
6. Anonymous posts are permitted, but we would prefer that you included your name, email address and affiliation when posting messages or replies to messages.
7. To remove any message, please email the Moderator.
8. We place no restriction on users, who are entirely free to post relevant messages and responses to messages.
9. The Forum is not a free advertising service. Though we welcome and support posts from any commercial organisation, blatantly commercial use of this Forum will not be permitted. Any such posts may be subject to editorial change to remove advertising content only, while retaining other information, or to rejection.
10. The originators of such posts will be notified of such decisions by email.
11. Ian Blenkharn publishes this Clinical Waste Discussion Forum. We take all reasonable measures to ensure that the information posted in the Forum is accurate. Nevertheless, we give no representation or warranty, whether express or implied, regarding the Forum or its contents, including, without limitation, any warranty of accuracy or completeness of the information posted on the Forum or its contents. Any decision made by a visitor to this Forum based on information presented therein is the sole responsibility of that visitor.
12. Ian Blenkharn and Blenkharn Environmental or any of its directors, employees or agents accept no liability for loss or damage including, without limitation, any special, direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage or other losses or damage of whatsoever nature arising out of or relating to the use of this Forum or its contents.
13. We accept no responsibility for any information contained in any other website accessible by hyperlink or by other means from messages posted on this Forum.
14. Editorial decisions are final and absolute.
15. The Forum may be suspended or withdrawn without notice at the sole discretion of the owner.

Privacy statement – Clinical Waste Discussion Forum

• The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum (the Forum) respects the privacy and anonymity of its users, though in the spirit of open and free communication we do encourage participants to leave their name and email address when posting messages
• We do not use cookies
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• The information (names, email addresses or any other contact information, or personal data) provided by those who choose to do so while posting messages to the Forum will remain accessible to all visitors, and users should consider their own needs or wishes for anonymity before including this information in any post
• Users who wish to modify or retract or withdraw any information posted to the Forum should contact moderator@ianblenkharn.com for assistance
• The Forumis committed to working with the internet community in cultivating and maintaining trust between all its members, and of fostering free, open and unrestricted communication between all those interested, involved or affected by issues of clinical waste management.

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• The owner of this web site respects the privacy of its users
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• Email addresses and other data submitted via the contacts page, or by direct email correspondence with the site owner, but with the exception of those posted for open display in the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum (see above), will be stored securely and will not shared with any third party