200,000 PPE items recycled in VetPartners project
Close to a tonne of PPE otherwise destined for incineration or landfill has been recycled in a major green project by VetPartners. VetPartners initially piloted its recycling project in 100 […]
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Malvern clinical waste plant to undergo commissioning
The 8,000 tonnes-per-year capacity clinical waste treatment plant in Malvern, Worcestershire, is to undergo commissioning following Covid-19-enforced construction delays. Developed by Waste Energy Partners, the facility will be owned by […]
Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator
The Environment Agency has now published an update to its Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23) entitled “Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator: RPS C23”. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23 This COVID-19 […]
Anenta launches COVID-19 compliant clinical waste audit app
A new app, which gives care homes the ability to conduct compulsory clinical waste pre-acceptance and duty of care audits without the need for third-party on-site visits, has been launched […]
On-site treatment of microbiology lab waste
Treating microbiological laboratory waste on the site where it is produced: RPS 233 Microbiological laboratories produce microbiology cultures and other microbiologically contaminated wastes. They are autoclaved on site to sterilise […]
UK waste incinerators 3x as likely to be in deprived areas
Waste incinerators are three times as likely to be situated in the most deprived and ethnically diverse areas of the UK, it has been revealed, raising fears about the impact […]
Veolia highlights significant carbon reductions using energy recovery facilities for clinical waste
Veolia is highlighting how significant emissions reductions can be achieved by using energy recovery facilities (ERF) to dispose of the more than 61,000 tonnes of orange-bagged clinical and infectious waste […]
Veolia to process healthcare waste at Tyseley
Veolia has applied to the Environment Agency to alter its permit to allow the processing of healthcare orange bagged waste at its energy from waste plant in Tyseley, Birmingham. According to the application, submitted in […]
UK’s Addfield to construct clinical waste-to-energy facility in Kuwait
UK-based manufacturer Addfield Environmental Systems are beginning to gather a team in preparation for the construction of a clinical waste-to-energy facility in Kuwait. Construction of the project will begin in […]
Recycled drip bags will make 25,000 pairs of school shoes
More than 1 300 primary school learners of Chivirikani Primary School in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, received a pair of brand new school shoes made from non-hazardous, recycled PVC healthcare waste […]
New clinical waste treatment plant for Tamworth
A building on a Tamworth industrial estate can now be used as a medical waste treatment plant – despite objections from hundreds of people. Health risks, 24 hour traffic and […]
‘Bodies in bins’ detector
World’s first ‘human detector’ to protect homeless people sleeping in bins launched A waste management company has developed a device to help protect homeless people who seek shelter inside industrial […]
Tradebe Scotland clinical waste facility opens
Tradebe Healthcare has officially opened a new clinical waste treatment site at Bellshill, near Glasgow. This significant development has been commissioned to support the waste management requirements for Scotland’s NHS Health […]
Green light for Tradebe, Bellshill
Tradebe has been granted an environmental permit for a waste treatment facility in Bellshill, near Glasgow, which will process nearly 25,000 tonnes of healthcare waste a year. The plant is […]
Plans for medical waste incinerator in Kilmarnock scrapped
Plans to build a medical waste incinerator in Kilmarnock have been scrapped. Waste Energy Partners wanted to launch the facility, which would have also burned hazardous waste, in the Moorfield […]
Disposal of tissue waste
Regulated disposal of tissue waste has always been problematic. Simply putting them, suitably bagged or binned as appropriate into a licensed clinical waste incinerator is straightforward though often rather disruptive […]
Clinical waste incinerator may be built in Kilmarnock
Waste Energy Partners want to launch the service in the Moorfield Industrial Park, near Braehead Foods, if an application gets the green light from East Ayrshire Council. he firm aims […]
Politics slows Lanarkshire treatment plant planning
The company contracted to solve Scotland’s clinical waste crisis is facing opposition to its plans for a new treatment plant. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman admitted last week that toxic NHS material, […]
Elastec portable incinerators
Interesting news from the US company Elastec, who offer a number of different portable incinerators* intended for modest volumes of clinical wastes and pharma waste respectively. The company produce the […]
NHS bids to cut ‘complex’ waste procurement
NHS Shared Business Services has appointed waste contractors to a contract framework, which is intended to reduce the time it takes for NHS organisations to procure waste services. The ‘Waste […]
‘No deal’ EU exit: Government reminder to waste industry
The government is reminding companies which export waste from the UK to review their contingency plans in case of disruption at ports, should the UK leave the European Union without […]
Shetland processing 700 tonnes clinical waste from mainland
Incinerating clinical waste from health boards across Scotland is bringing around £8,000 a week into Shetland Islands Council’s (SIC) coffers. The SIC started taking in low grade NHS waste such […]
Growing veggies with hospital waste
Reny Vargheseane of Thane in India is described as a trailblazer. His relentless effort to produce vegetables with waste has taken him places, including winning the National Swachhata Mission award. […]
Newhaven Clinical waste plant given green light
Plans to open a medical waste plant in Newhaven have been given the go-ahead by East Sussex planners. At a meeting on Wednesday (January 16), East Sussex County Council planners […]
Packaging firm recognised for waste container made from recycled plastics
Packaging solutions company Mauser Packaging has launched a medical waste container made from 100% recycled plastics generated from post-consumer packaging waste. The product, WIVA Infinity Container, was recognised by receiving […]
Sustainable Achievement award for Thermal Compaction Group
Cardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) has been Highly Commended for its work with a trust in England after pioneering the recycling of medical material to generate income for the NHS. […]
Southmead Hospital surgical plastic waste initiative
Well done, Southmead. Just make sure that inappropriate wastes are not inadvertently co-disposed with recyclable plastics, otherwise this will be an accident waiting going to happen! Last updated: […]
Trusts paying triple the cost following NHS clinical waste scandal
Almost 20 NHS trusts are paying three times as much for clinical waste services after the trusts cancelled their previous contracts with the waste disposal company at the centre of […]
Newhaven medical waste plant
A proposed medical waste plant for Newhaven has been described as ‘another bullet in the back for an already ailing town’ by one objector. Clean Thermodynamic Energy Conversion (CTEC) is […]
HES Ltd, Clinical Waste Update: Parliamentary written statement
Lord O’Shaughnessy (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health) delivered a written statement to the House yesterday, which has appeared in Hansard today. This statement is to update the House […]