An interesting study from Tehran seeks to identify health risk and toxicity assessment of exhaust air from non-incineration devices for hospital waste treatment. The study investigates the health risks and […]
Work has started on a new clinical waste incinerator for Guernsey. Remarkably, this will accept clinical and hygiene wastes etc, but also animal wastes. The existing incinerator on the Princess […]
An ‘adult diaper lover’ terrorised local nurseries by dumping soiled nappies outside their gates. Abbi Taylor, 46, also known as Martin Tarling, identifies as a woman and finds ‘comfort’ in […]
Review on distribution, fate, and management of potentially toxic elements in incinerated medical wastes. Bolan S, Padhye LP, Kumar M, Antoniadis V, Sridharan S, Tang Y, Singh N, Hewawasam C, […]
A former employee of Rock and Roll Tattoo in Glasgow claimed she discovered piles of ‘clinical waste’ next to her station. The ex-artist of a popular tattoo studio has claimed bags […]
Syringes used during the Covid-19 pandemic will be recycled at a Hull factory. MYGroup’s Hull factory has been recycling unrecyclable plastics for several years but says it has now been […]
Grundon Waste Management is rolling out a new range of carbon-cutting clinical waste containers to help customers improve their sustainability credentials. From April, it is swapping single-use clinical waste bins […]
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) is consulting on the storage and treatment of healthcare waste. The consultation is linked to new guidance designed to help operators understand and meet their […]
Stericycle to pay $81 million, hire monitor, to resolve bribery probes as the company discloses deal to resolve investigations into compliance with US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Under an agreement […]
Recent pressures on NHS bed space secondary to high admission rates of COVID-19 patients have resulted in the establishment of several ‘care hotels’ intended to relieve pressure on bed space […]
Garry Pettigrew, the former boss of a clinical waste company faces trial over the alleged illegal storage of human body parts and other materials. It is also alleged that he […]
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 […]
Clinical Waste/Hygiene Driver Job at T C Bibby & Sons – Wigan Clinical Waste Operative/Driver based in Wigan Hours per week and Shift times: Monday to Friday 5.30am – 1.30pm […]
A wealthy businessman was caught running a £2.6million illegal waste racket where he buried toxic rubbish underground next to his Grade II-listed mansion. Homeowner Howard Rees, 65, and 53-year-old accomplice […]
The last year or two have been noticeable for the clamour of voices protesting, in most cases not inappropriately, about the precarious state of the global environment. After protests and […]
Charlotte Yeates, one of the women who helped unearth the hospital organ-retention scandal more than 20 years ago has described as “shameful” the incineration of babies’ remains in 2020. Charlotte […]
Grundon are looking for an experienced Contract or Waste Manager to be based at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow. Do you have at least five years’ experience as a Contract or […]
A farming community is fighting the erection of a “26 metre clinical (medical) waste incinerator” near their land in Huntingdonshire. Chicken farmer Simon Bluff is among those concerned about Envar’s […]
Some St Ives residents are unhappy about potentially toxic chemicals that could be pumped from the incinerator stack of a new and innovative clinical waste incinerator. A recycling plant near […]
Stepping Hill Hospital bosses are investigating after an outdoor shipping container filled with used medical waste was left unlocked in the hospital grounds. Images sent to the Manchester Evening News show […]
Is Bellshill Industrial Estate the best place for a clinical/medical waste plant that went on fire? A councillor has written to the Scottish Government in a quest to effect the […]
Uncollected clinical waste in Calderdale ‘causing health and safety issues’ The COVID-19 pandemic has affected waste services of all kinds, but health and safety issues arise if clinical waste is not […]
General operatives required for clinical waste recycling plant, Schotts. No manual handling Disposal of pre-segregated hospital waste products Adherence to high standards of hygiene essential. Hours of work: 4 on 4 […]
Veolia’s energy recovery facility in Tyseley, Birmingham, will soon use waste from a massive NHS Test and Trace laboratory to produce green energy for the city. The resource management company has been […]
A local councillor has condemned the dumping of “clinical waste” outside of a popular youth club in South Belfast. On Sunday, a number of bags of rubbish which appeared to […]
Families are raising concerns over a new £25 million clinical waste incinerator – after seeing a 30-metre high chimney tower over their homes. The Stoke Clinical Waste Incineration Facility is […]
Characterization of littered face masks in the southeastern part of Turkey. Akarsu C, Madenli Ö, Deveci EÜ. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-14099-8. Occurrence of personal […]
The black market for human placentas thriving in China People who buy fresh human placenta believe it has healing properties and will either cook and eat it, or process and […]
Cardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group announces a joint venture with Utrecht-based Greencycl. Thermal compaction technology developed in Wales is set to help reduce the amount of plastic waste produced by hospitals […]
Stericycle have successfully launch a new e-learning programme for the healthcare sector, which is one of the first of its kind for the UK healthcare sector. The course is also […]