Energy from waste
Burning rubbish could help to heat Staffordshire’s main hospital amid plans for a new incinerator. Proposals are being drawn up for the Royal Stoke University Hospital to receive both heat […]
recycling
Myanmar’s illegal trade in medical waste poses massive infection risk
Myanmar Now investigation finds waste collectors selling used syringes and intravenous drips to be made into household goods. Two garbage disposal workers spent half an hour rummaging through mounds of […]
PPE recycled to make stronger concrete
PPE can be recycled to make stronger concrete The RMIT team’s concrete that was made using PPE. Credit: RMIT University Engineers at RMIT University have developed a method to use […]
Collection for unwanted medical equipment extended across recycling centres
People can return unwanted medical equipment to reuse and recycle. The collection amnesty for people to return unwanted medical equipment to reuse and recycle has been extended to larger household […]
Needlesmart Partnership aims to reduce 100,000 needlestick injuries to NHS employees
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 […]
Cardiff company secures interest for PPE waste solution
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 […]
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 […]
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 life for blue wrap?
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 […]
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. […]
Newport hospitals’ medical wrap waste fuels recycling
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 […]
New machine cleans and recycles used syringes
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 […]
Recycled hospital waste to helpt ‘desperate’ children in Africa
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. […]
Design students rethink plastic for degree show
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 […]
Busted for reselling waste from Chinese hospitals
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 Health department fined £10k after blood samples sent to recycling depot
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 […]
Sex toys and medical waste dumped in recycling bins
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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Challenges of hospital plastics recycling include contamination, low values
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 bust plant recycling medical waste
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 […]
Welsh company pioneers clinical waste recycling process
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 […]
Dubai students design robot that sorts biomedical waste
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 […]
UK medical PVC recycling earns sustainability award
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, […]
Wasting NHS resources
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 levy sharps disposal charge on IV drug manufacturers
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. […]
Knowaste to resubmit plans for London nappy plant
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. […]
China recycling used syringes and other clinical wastes
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. […]
Slough sees rise in syringes in recycling bins
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 […]
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Waste management firm goes green, creates 50 jobs
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 […]