SRCL under scrutiny over south west business
Not for the first time, SRCL in the south west of England are facing scrutiny after the Competition Commission has provisionally found that the company’s purchase of EcoWaste South West might lead to […]
Not for the first time, SRCL in the south west of England are facing scrutiny after the Competition Commission has provisionally found that the company’s purchase of EcoWaste South West might lead to […]
North Lanarkshire Council has deferred consideration of the 34,000tpa clinical waste treatment facility at a former opencast coal site near Easthill and Shotts to allow for a site meeting and hearing. Last updated: Tuesday, […]
There is a long and troubled history surrounding the disposal of clinical and other waste in Malta. With repeated suggestions of corruption, of dubious ‘experts’ basing their advice more on hospitality […]
Veolia ES Solid Waste Inc., one of the US largest solid waste management companies, is going on the auction block. Paris-based Veolia Environment, which operates in dozens of countries around […]
It often seems that waste management is a last minute add-in to most management plans. An irritating afterthought which sits uncomfortably with established operations, planning of new or reconfigured services […]
A clinical waste incinerator built by a local farmer may not be totally efficient and pollution free but it’s churning through waste that was otherwise dangerous and time consuming to […]
A Namibian news report tells that “every morning a huge cloud of black smoke soars from the chimneys of a small corrugated iron building next to the Katutura State Hospital […]
There are changing trends in community healthcare driven largely, though not exclusively, by the need for cost saving. This places many more patients into the community, from early hospital discharge […]
Whether the waste from pharmaceutical R&D, manufacturing, stocking and over-stocking in pharmacies, over-prescribing or patient non-compliance, there is a great need to minimise pharmaceutical waste. The combined aims must be […]
In a carefully managed PR release, information of a presentation given at a Chicago environmental meeting reports a claim of reduced CO2 emission and lowered environmental impact from reusable sharps disposal […]
Scotland’s GPs are complaining that the free prescription policy in Scotland puts on them extra pressure with patients wanting their free prescription for this, that and the other. Last updated: […]
The removal of pharma residues from waste treatment process waters or more generally from wastewaters from hospitals and nursing homes, from intensive agricultural facilities and perhaps even from community wastewater […]
A plastic surgeon is opening a ‘fat bank’ that will allow patients to store their own body fat for future use. Dr Jeffrey Hartog, from Seminole County, FL, has developed […]
UN investigator says medical waste mostly unregulated, often dumped illegally, risks ignored “The Washington Post today quotes a human rights investigator for the United Nations who says up to a quarter of […]
Quite rightly, there is great concern about the presence of trace concentrations of certain – and realistically, about the presence of any – pharmaceuticals in drinking water. Taking the broader […]
Resomation, the solubilisation of tissues in a heated potassium hydroxide solution, is the subject of a substantial PR campaign aimed at gaining public acceptance and regulatory approval for the disposal of […]
It is something of a puzzle that companies managing clinical wastes don’t extend their services to clients by offering to dispose also of confidential paper waste. While for the larger […]
The OFT today referred the completed acquisition by Stericycle, Inc (Stericycle) of Ecowaste Southwest Limited (Ecowaste) to the Competition Commission for further investigation. Stericycle’s UK subsidiary, SRCL Limited (SRCL), provides […]
Seeking the root cause of failures in the safe management of potentially hazardous wastes in resource-poor countries can, at time, be particularly tricky. Simple lack of material resources and a lack, […]
A major US retail pharmacy chain has announced that all 7,200 of its locations now offer the Sharps Compliance Inc. medication disposal system which allows customers to dispose unused or […]
The Health Ministry Kuala Lumpur will take action against Radicare if investigations reveal that the company had failed to dispose of clinical waste properly. Last updated: Monday, July 8, 2019
Godigamuwa is a Sri Lankan village in Maharagama, close to the National Cancer Institute. The first thing a visitor notices is a strong chemical odour in the air. A waterway that […]
Apparently, the funeral industry is the second biggest source of pollution after fossil fuel fired power stations, but an alternative to cremation could reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. Last updated: […]
The simplest ideas are often the best. To manage the safe and environmentally sound disposal of community pharmaceutical wastes, several Oklahoma counties have installed pharma drop boxes at popular locations, […]
In a policy shift that reinstates burning of clinical wastes, Egypt is finally moving toward control of its present 150 tonnes per day problem. Last updated: Monday, August 1, 2011
Having previously worked with the risk of cholera and other serious infection risks from contaminated hospital watsewaters in regions where the climatic and geological conditions allowed pathogens from waste to […]
RFID devices are not widely used in the UK clinical waste sector. Their potential is considerable, to identify and track individual waste containers, and provide a data framework for billing […]
The possibility of unacceptable pharmaceutical discharges from ATT treatment wastewaters has repeatedly been used as an unacceptable ‘tool’ by EA to maniplulate their regulatory position. Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
East Midlands, UK. A leading Waste Management organisation is currently seeking a Business Development Manager for the Clinical Sales Team. Last updated: Monday, May 4, 2015
“Normanton has become a “dumping ground” for Yorkshire’s waste”. So says ‘environmentalists’ after plans for a new recycling centre that will employ up to 150 people, were approved yesterday, becoming […]