In a 2003 survey, it was reported that a staggering 94 per cent of practising surgeons in the UK have either been personally affected by a needlestick injury (NSI) or […]
A Welsh manufacturer, which is on a mission to tackle the world’s growing personal protective equipment (PPE) waste problem, is set to expand its global presence after securing its first […]
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 […]
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 […]
An Asheville nurse is using leftover medical blue wrap material to help the homeless. Every day, cloth wrapping is used to keep medical instruments sterile before use. At the end […]
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. […]
A corner of the hospital site is being used to drive what Gwent’s health board and a south Wales company hope will be a revolution in waste recycling. Every day, piles […]
A US news report highlights Sterilis, a new device that sterilizes and recycles used syringes. Manufacturing Vice President for Sterilis, Tony Batalha showed Western Mass News what the machine is all […]
Pharmaceutical firm Adcock Ingram Critical Care has joined forces with a group of local hospitals and waste management businesses to recycle medical waste in the Johannesburg area of South Africa. […]
Students of Central Saint Martins have worked with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to bring about a design project to tackle the future of the plastics economy. Design students have made […]
In April, police found blood-stained needles and infusion bags littering the grounds of an unlicensed recycling workshop in Yangliu village, Hunan province, China. At least some of the 140 tons of […]
Guernsey’s Health and Social Care department has been fined £10,000, after clinical waste was sent to an island recycling plant. A blood analysis machine was found at the site in […]
Southland Disability Enterprises staff find syringes, latex condoms and sex toys on the recycling sorting line. A “strange” number of sex toys and used syringes with blood in them are […]
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A new report from the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) has found that recovering value from various types of plastic medical waste is possible but presents many logistical challenges. These […]
Chinese police have ‘bust’ a plant recycling medical (clinical) waste for use in plastic toys and tableware. Illegal operators salvage plastics from used hospital items which they sell around the world. Three […]
The Cardiff-based company, Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) has developed a new clinical waste recycling process, which could transform how healthcare providers deal with clinical waste and create a new revenue […]
A hospital worker toils for about 12 hours a day to earn a decent living for his family. Now, imagine he accidentally gets pricked by a syringe or needle of […]
RecoMed, a UK recycling program for PVC-based medical devices, has won the sustainability category of the 2016 Inovyn Awards for its innovative approach to sustainable healthcare recycling. The Inovyn Awards, […]
It seems that most of the weekend’s national newspapers ran a story of NHS Trusts wasting valuable resources such as bedside tables, crutches, Zimmer frames and other walkers, wheelchairs, commodes […]
CalRecycle have put out a message concerning the impending deadline for the registration of IV pharmaceutical manufactures’ who forthwith will be financially responsible for the collection and disposal of used sharps. […]
Hygiene waste specialist Knowaste Ltd is resubmitting its planning application to construct what would be the UK’s only dedicated nappy recycling facility in the London borough of Hillingdon, West London. […]
In China, disposable eating utensils, plastic wrap, bags, and even synthetic fibres used in clothing can be produced from recycled materials—but those materials don’t come from the best of sources. […]
The disposal of used needles in recycling bins is not just a health risk but ‘undermines’ recycling efforts, Slough Borough Council (SBC) has said. SBC is calling on residents not […]
Herald Scotland reports that a Lanarkshire clinical waste management company has created 50 new jobs following a £10m investment in energy efficiency and recycling. Healthcare Environmental Group, the largest independent […]
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“Needles in recycling waste force Tewkesbury Borough Council to send 21 tonnes of rubbish to landfill. “Hypodermic needles have contaminated 21 tonnes of recycling in Tewkesbury, forcing the borough council […]
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has won the prestigious Healthcare Recycler of the Year title at the National Recycling Award 2015 which took place on 1st July in London. […]
Autoclaves are ubiquitous in the healthcare environment, and beyond in the management of infectious healthcare (clinical or medical) wastes. So, what is new with the Sinotec system? Sinotec are making […]