Clinical Waste Discussion Forum

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

Clinical Waste Discussion Forum archives

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: […]

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 […]

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

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. […]

Contract grumbles

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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