Demolizer II
News of the Demolizer® II, a desktop waste sterilizer based on dry heat sterilization in a sealed collecton box, combined with plastic encapsulation of sharps, suggests that sales are high […]
clinical waste
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 […]
Vehicle accidents
A truck carrying medical waste rolled over on Route 4 in Torrington at Pothier Road, Connecticut, on Friday 10 December. Last updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
UK Sales Manager, Clinical Waste
UK Sales Manager, Clinical Waste A leading Waste Management company is currently seeking a UK Sales Manager for their Commercial Waste Division. This is a new role, as the company […]
Nurses on ‘cleanup mission’?
While the environmental pressure group Health Care Without Harm is supporting a group of US nurses to improve source segregation to minimise ‘red bag’ or clinical waste volumes, some tough […]
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. Last updated: Thursday, January 6, 2011
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. Last updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Dangerous medical waste factory to move
“The Jeddah Mayoralty has approved the relocation of a Medical Materials Recycling Factory located in eastern Jeddah to a new Industrial Waste Factory in Bahra Area. The factory has been […]
Deadly trade in medical waste
“Police suspect discarded biomedical material could be finding its way into city hospitals to be reused; say possibility of doctors being involved in racket cannot be ruled out. Last updated: […]
Unsafe waste disposal threatening Saudi public health
Unsafe disposal of garbage and medical waste is posing threat to public health in Al-Ajwad District in eastern Jeddah. Disgruntled area residents have complained that a company operating in the […]
Placenta disposal
The disposal of placentas, or is that placentae?, is always something of a nuisance. There is an alternative: More local moms taking placentas home It may be processed and consumed […]
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 […]
Baby buried in hospital waste bin
It is on occasions difficult to get hospital staff to use the correct waste bin, and sometimes to use a waste bin at all! But a shocking report from China tells […]