8 months for pet crematorium scam
“A woman who ran a pet crematorium in Derbyshire has been jailed for eight months for dumping the bodies of her customers’ pets in a field.
waste regulation
NHS managers ordered to consider environmental impact
It is reported in today’s Guardian that NHS managers have been “ordered” to consider the environmental impact of their decisions.
Creating hazards
I am astonished to find an [apparently] UK website offering balers for the compaction of clinical wastes! http://www.ukwastesolutions.info/ offer balers for clinical wastes from dentists, chiropadists [sic], veterinary surgeries, medical centres and […]
Who takes responsibility for healthcare waste
Who takes responsibility for healthcare waste? There are many answers to this apparently simple question, but few are completely satisfactory.
Students salvaging waste medical supplies
It is inevitable that in healthcare many expensive supplies are opened and unpacked for use but never actually used. These items are then discarded as clinical waste, though they need […]
Waste regulation and risk management?
Waste regulation, particularly that concerning biohazardous wastes, tends to be prescriptive. That approach is, in some part, the foundation of all regulation though perhaps there is need for a real […]
Rules on domestic pharma disposal don’t work
A law banning household disposal of medications has been largely ignored, a survey finds. Research indicates that trace amounts of flushed drugs end up in human drinking water and the residents […]
£100,000 for Trust’s clinical waste disposal
It is reported that an Avery Weigh-Tronix weighing system is to be installed at East Kent Hospital Trust with a view to save £100,000 per year on its clinical waste […]
Sri Lanka Government takes over clinical waste disposal
The Sri Lanka government is to take over and regulate the existing clinical waste disposal mechanism which is at present under the monopoly of a private company.
Risk management in waste segregation
Several groups have published on the gains that can be made through more detailed source segregation of wastes. Sadly, the message has generally been overstated by an insistence of a degree […]
Clinical waste treatment facility opens in Sharjah
Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated a medical waste treatment facility in Al Sajja area of Sharjah.
Disposal by post
The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has published previous posts – these can be found in the Forum Archives – discussing the benefits of disposal by post.
Clinical waste collection failures in Birmingham
After bad weather and industrial disputes, waste collections in Birminham have suffered. Now clinical waste collection delays are blamed on staffing problems.
Assessing environmental compliance
Environmental regulations are constantly changing and it is sometimes difficult for companies to know just where they stand.
Resomation – alkaline hydrolysis of tissue wastes
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.
Clinical waste and bad weather
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 […]
New sharps disposal law in Minnesota
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 […]
Fire in clinical waste store
“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.
Sri Lanka hazardous waste program
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 […]
SEPA (Pakistan) decide on flexible approach
“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 […]
Where did all the yellow sacks go?
Some people will remember the appearance of yellow clinical waste sacks in litter bins on railway stations across central and eastern Scotland some years ago. Purchased by “mistake” – no […]
Where have all the needles gone?
Data for Western Australia shows that, through needles and syringe programs (NSPs) around 3.5 million needles & syringes are distributed annually. Most of these are distributed to IV drug users […]
Sanitary/offensive wastes
Is this a waste stream appropriate for separate collection and disposal?
GW Butler diversification and growth
Yorkshire waste management companies GW Butler and 707 Resource Management have joined forces in a partnership deal to pursue a national expansion plan.
Pharma waste theft
“Half a ton of pharmaceutical manufacturing waste has been ‘diverted’ from the manufacturing site, enough to make more than $41 million worth of methamphetamine.
Impact of segregation errors
There are many impacts to errors in waste segregation and the failure to adequately separate individual waste streams. These include additional costs in disposal, materials wastage, regulatory intervention and penalties […]