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 ...

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 ...

NHS hospitals are being forced store clinical waste, including human remains, at their premises for up to a fortnight after a scandal-hit contractor stopped collecting waste. Extra containers for ...

HAZARDOUS clinical waste is being transported in the same hospital trolleys as sterile medical equipment — sparking fears of lethal cross-contamination. A whistleblower raised serious safety concerns ...

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 ...

Human body parts and blood from Scotland’s hospitals were stored unlawfully at a depot in Scottish health secretary Neil Gray’s constituency, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Trucks and containers used ...

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 ...

Hundreds of staff have been made redundant at a disposal company facing a probe over a pile-up of waste from the health service. Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) became embroiled in a clinical ...