Demand to store all clinical wastes indoors?
In typical Environment Agency style, their intention is now to demand that operators store all clinical wastes indoors. Though their summary documentation released just a couple of days ago was […]
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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 […]
80ft chimney at Thriplow pet crematorium safety risk to Duxford pilots
Plans for an 80ft chimney at Thriplow pet crematorium have been branded a safety risk to Imperial War Museum Duxford pilots and could threaten incoming aircraft, according to the neighbouring air museum. […]
Clinical waste facility put on hold
Right across Africa properly managed, or indeed any other, clinical waste treatment facilities are few and very far between. News that the construction of a new modern healthcare risk waste (HCRW) […]
Protesting clinical waste issues
It is not uncommon for residents and businesses, and others, to oppose planning applications for clinical waste facilities. A lack of understanding, perhaps combined with an inherent fear of blood […]
Temporary stall to North Lanarkshire waste treatment application
North Lanarkshire Council has deferred consideration of the 34,000tpa clinical waste treatment facility at a former opencast coal site near Easthill and Shotts to allow for a site meeting and hearing. Last updated: Tuesday, […]
Including waste management in service planning
It often seems that waste management is a last minute add-in to most management plans. An irritating afterthought which sits uncomfortably with established operations, planning of new or reconfigured services […]
Errors in logic – community responses to planning aplications
Complaint and criticism of proposals and applications for clinical waste plant often reveal deeply rooted opposition that demonstrate, inevitably, serious errors in logic. This TV film report of such a […]
Clinical waste facility will be included at Hertfordshire incinerator
A scoping report prepared for Veolia Environmental Services details a request made by Hertfordshire County Council, asking the firm to “make provision at the plant for the sorting and transfer […]
Protest against clinical waste incinerator near Harthill
“A protest against a planned clinical waste incinerator near Harthill is to take place this weekend. “Residents of Harthill, Eastfield, Greenrigg, Shotts, Breich and Fauldhouse have all raised concerns about […]
“Fears” over proposals for Wakefield clinical waste centre
Plans for the conversion of a building in Normanton into a waste treatment centre dealing with “as much as” 34,000 tonnes of waste a year are receiving a predictably rocky ride […]
Medical waste disposal in Mosul, Iraq
Mosul’s waste disposal plans cause controversy. It is being widely reported that an acrid stench hangs over the medical waste landfill site in Hay al-Arabi, north of Mosul, Iraq. Last updated: […]