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? There are many answers to this apparently simple question, but few are completely satisfactory. Last updated: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. Last updated: Wednesday, January […]
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 […]
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. Last updated: Sunday, […]
The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has published previous posts – these can be found in the Forum Archives – discussing the benefits of disposal by post. Last updated: Sunday, June […]
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
Environmental regulations are constantly changing and it is sometimes difficult for companies to know just where they stand. Last updated: Saturday, March 23, 2019
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 […]
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 […]
“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: […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is this a waste stream appropriate for separate collection and disposal? Last updated: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Yorkshire waste management companies GW Butler and 707 Resource Management have joined forces in a partnership deal to pursue a national expansion plan. Last updated: Thursday, January 6, 2011
“Half a ton of pharmaceutical manufacturing waste has been ‘diverted’ from the manufacturing site, enough to make more than $41 million worth of methamphetamine. Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
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 […]