A study carried out by the University of Granada (UGR) warns of the need to unify existing plans for clinical waste management in the different autonomous communities to improve recycling and waste ...

Dental professionals are under increasing pressure to understand and adhere to clinical waste regulations. Proper management and disposal of clinical waste is vital and there is strict legislation in ...

A NORTH-EAST company has developed a unique system to recycle 90 per cent of waste in a move that could transform the treatment of clinical waste in the UK. Medical Waste Solutions (MWS), from ...

Figures revealed that NHS providers in England produce around 156,000 tonnes of clinical waste per year, from contaminated clinical materials to hazardous chemicals and sharps*. With thousands of ...

The UK’s medical waste backlog will be aggravated by the decision to strip a clinical waste disposal firm of NHS contracts, the company has said. Some of the contracts held by Healthcare Environment ...

On September 25, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule altering the regulatory regime governing the handling and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals ...

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