Clinical Waste collection

Refuse

Clinical Waste is any waste which poses a threat of infection to humans.  The term also includes drugs or other pharmaceutical products.

Clinical waste is mainly produced by hospitals, health clinics, doctors' surgeries and veterinary practices, but also arises from residential homes, nursing homes and private households.

Examples of clinical waste include:

• Human or animal tissue
• Blood or other bodily fluids
• Excretions
• Drugs or other pharmaceutical products
• Swabs or dressings
• Syringes, needles or other sharp instruments

For Commercial Clinical Waste there is a charge for collection and disposal depending on the amount and number of collections and each company will have to be looked at individually.  There is no charge for the collection of clinical waste from domestic households.

Clinical Waste is collected in a yellow sack service (as specified by regulations).

Related website

Shropshire Waste Partnership