The lighter side

White Cloak Trash – a name that is new to us, but a term used effectively by journalist Eric Ahianyo of Joy FM in Ghana to refer to clinical waste. “The cholera […]

The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has been pleased to provide information about the work of InterCare and their efforts to proved medical aid for Africa from unused medical items and pharmaceuticals […]

GP magazine has used FOI requests to confirm that of two thirds of Primary Care Trusts, 31% were paying for patients to use the highly-diluted homeopathic remedies despite evidence that these have no […]

A facility that purports to help the environment by recycling could really be hurting it. The US Environmental Protection Agency has a ‘laundry list’ of concerns with the Mother Earth Recycling Center […]

4 US middle school kids have been suspended for ‘stabbing’ 13 others with an insulin pen that one of them brought into school from their grandmothers home. Last updated: Thursday, […]

Dr Killjoy?

Halloween and other fancy dress occasions encourage dressing up for adults and children alike. So its no surprise that it is possible to hire, or buy, a mad surgeon outfit […]

A strange call, but one that might just find resonance with IV drug users who might toss used needles and syringes, placing others at risk of injury! Last updated: Wednesday, May […]

“Connecticut police say they asked the FBI to investigate the discovery of possible medical waste material at a synagogue’s annual hazardous waste collection. Last updated: Thursday, December 21, 2017

I cannot think of a clinical waste management company in the UK or Europe, or indeed throughout the rest of the world, that doesn’t effectively hide behind a rather nondescript […]

A full-time carer furious over bungled clinical waste collections took direct action and dumped a sack of waste at the civic offices last week. Last updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2019

A MTHATHA eatery claims it is losing customers because of an “unbearable” stink from a pile of uncollected rubbish, which municipal workers are refusing to remove. Last updated: Tuesday, June […]