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 […]
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 […]
Is this a waste stream appropriate for separate collection and disposal? Last updated: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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 […]
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
“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 […]
The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum archives have been restored and are accessible here (in read-only format). These archive files contain much useful information, news, technical information, advice and opinion in over […]
“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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD child received a needle-stick injury at a skate park at Brighton, on Hobart’s northern fringes, yesterday morning prompted a police warning to parents. Last updated: Thursday, December 21, […]
As the UK starts to shiver and snow falls, there is one aspect that impacts on clinical waste management and safety. Discarded sharps, usually a consequence of IV drug abuse, are […]
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, […]
Safe Management of Healthcare Waste: HTM 07-01 Update Leeds 9th Dec 2010 London 15 December 2010 http://www.iheem.org.uk/Events Last updated: Thursday, March 31, 2016
Waste security at producer sites is generally poor with waste carts overfilled and lids unlocked, broken or absent lid locks, and often some side waste. Despite vast sums of money […]
The archived Clinical Waste Discussion Forum files and all message posts that were available before the major rewriting of this site are still available, and as promised we will be […]
A New York may has been caught stealing transdermal drug patches from clinical wastes. Erick St. Louis of Shirley faces six felony counts of unlawful release of regulated medical waste. […]
Nobody really likes to pay for those essential services such as waste management. Contracts will define the terms of service and other administrative detail, and the costs, and though we all […]
“A woman has been charged for throwing away a used hypodermic needle at a fast-food restaurant, which subsequently injured a six-year-old girl. Last updated: Saturday, March 23, 2019
Waste Management World is reporting that a Japanese research group has announced successful early development of a clinical waste management process using titanium dioxide (TiO2) to treat pre-shredded clinical wastes at […]
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 […]
CDC have updated their page on Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries. This contains much essential information and is a must for everyone. Sadly, not too much about disposal, other that put […]
Four illegal medical waste dump sites in Welkom in the Free State were finally declared clean after a R53 million (£3 million) clean-up operation which removed 18,600 tons of contaminated […]
“The J&K State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) last week seized a truckload of infections bio-medical waste collected from various hospitals while it was being unloaded at a scrap dealer establishment […]
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 […]
A substantial peer-review study confirms the suspicion that passive safety devices increase the level of reduction in sharps injury when compared with early generation active safety technologies such as semi-automatic […]
“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
“Water quality across Europe is increasingly being adversely affected by waste products and pollutants caused by the pharmaceutical industry, according to an expert. Last updated: Thursday, January 5, 2017