Medical Waste

Posted by: Lindsay Mathers The amount of waste produced around the world has always been significant, but the COVID-19 pandemic increased the need for removing and recycling medical-related waste tenfold. At the peak of the outbreak in…

Posted by: Lindsay Mathers The amount of waste produced around the world has always been significant, but the COVID-19 pandemic increased the need for removing and recycling medical-related waste tenfold. At the peak of the outbreak in…

The Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 defines medical waste as "any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of…

The overriding principle of all waste management is: don’t create it if you can avoid it. And if you must create the waste, seek ways to keep the quantity small and generation rate low.

There are many different types of medical waste, categorized largely by the types of materials uses and the waste disposal methods. In general, in the UK medical waste is separated into two main types: hazardous and non-hazardous.