Health fears after clinical waste left in bins for a month
A pensioner facing a long recovery from major surgery says she is concerned that missed assisted bin collections of clinical waste from her home poses a potential health risk. The […]
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Domiciliary clinical waste collection problems
It seems that every few months we hear on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum of yet another problem in the collection of clinical wastes from domiciliary waste producers. This time, […]
York City Council clinical waste failures
It is always risky to report a single waste collection error and assume some more extensive underlying problem, but in York things may be far less than satisfactory. Apparently one […]
Collecting used sharps from home users
Blenkharn Environmental have previously published the detail results of nationwide audits of clinical waste (including sharps) collections for domiciliary producers and of discarded drug litter by and on behalf of […]
Heatwave
The weather has been topsy-turvey for a few years now and the predictions, or should that be the expectations, are that the trend will continue. While winters may be wetter and […]
Birmingham clinical waste collection problems
Clinical waste collection problems sometimes run in a manner that is less than satisfactory, and services operated by Birmingham City Council are obviously no exception. Last updated: Thursday, October 11, 2018