
Clinical Waste Bags
Clinical waste bags help store many types of medical waste securely before collection. There are strict regulations for managing clinical waste – whether it’s hazardous, infectious, or non-hazardous waste. These apply to healthcare, cosmetic, veterinary, and other settings. Using a clinical waste bag is vital for safe storage on your site before removal and disposal.
Medical waste bags provide the best solution to protect human health, as they’re designed to hold different clinical waste types separately and securely. This reduces the risk of hazardous and infectious medical waste causing contamination and ensures your business deals with clinical waste safely and legally.
We provide free bags for clinical waste with no delivery, purchase, or hire charges – you just pay for collection. This includes options from the full range of medical waste bags, from infectious to dental waste bags. Call 0800 211 8390 or contact us online for a free quote or find out more about clinical waste bags below.
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Types of medical waste bags
Explore all the different types of medical waste bags available. We supply clinical waste disposal bags in various colours and sizes to safely store everything from infectious and hazardous materials to offensive waste. Find the right clinical waste bag for your organisation and learn more about each one with the pages below.
What colour bags are used for clinical waste?
Each different clinical waste bag colour identifies the type of medical waste you can store in it. Using the right colour of clinical waste sack is vital to separate waste, including hazardous and non-hazardous rubbish and infectious and non-infectious medical waste. This reduces the chance of contamination to ensure all your medical waste is disposed of properly.
With the right colour bags for clinical waste, you also protect the health of your employees, patients, and anyone else who may come into contact with the materials. These are the different colours of clinical waste bags used in the UK and what each one can store:
- Yellow clinical waste bags – for infectious and potentially infectious medical waste, such as medicated dressings, swabs, and wipes. Infectious waste in these bags is sent for incineration.
- Orange clinical waste bags – for heavy duty infectious waste, such as contaminated bandages, masks, and gloves. Unlike yellow medical bags, the waste in these needs heat treatment before incineration or may go through disinfection.
- Red clinical waste bags – for anatomical waste including body parts, organs, and blood bags. This includes hazardous and non-hazardous waste that’s sent for incineration.
- Purple clinical waste bags – for cytotoxic and cytostatic waste that’s hazardous, such as chemotherapy-related medicines, syringes, needles, and other medicine containers.
- White clinical waste bags – for dental (amalgam and gypsum) waste, for example tooth fillings, capsules containing residue, and dental study moulds. Hazardous dental waste may be incinerated, while non-hazardous amalgam and gypsum waste can be treated and disposed of in separate landfill.
- Yellow and black (tiger) clinical waste bags – for offensive, non-infectious waste like nappies and incontinence pads. Sometimes called tiger bags due to their yellow and black stripes, these are also sent for incineration.
- Clear clinical waste bags – for lateral flow waste, such as used lateral flow tests and devices. This waste classes as a type of chemical waste, so is incinerated.
Sizes of clinical waste sacks
You also need the best size of clinical waste sacks to safely store the amount of medical waste you produce. Each type of clinical waste sack is available in different sizes, whether you need big or small clinical waste bags to store your medical refuse.
You can also order more than one of the same big or small clinical waste bags at once to meet your needs. The right size clinical waste disposal bag depends on the amount of waste you produce, the storage space you have, its type, and how often you need it collected.
Exact sizes can vary depending on the type of clinical waste bag, but a few examples of clinical waste bag sizes include:
- 20-litre clinical waste bags – 11”x17”x26” (28cmx43cmx66cm)
- 30-litre clinical waste bags – 11”x22”x25” (28cmx56cmx64cm)
- 70-litre clinical waste bags – 14”x28”x34” (36cmx71cmx86cm)
- 90-litre clinical waste bags – 15”x28”x39” (38cmx71cmx99cm)
Arrange free delivery of clinical waste bags
Get free clinical waste bags for any type of medical waste you produce – just pay for collection with no delivery or rental costs. We can supply the types, sizes, and colours of clinical waste bags you need anywhere in the UK. Fill with the relevant kind of medical waste, and then one of our licensed waste carriers will collect it at an agreed time.
They’ll transport your clinical waste sacks to a relevant waste management facility for safe and legal disposal. Arrange collection on a daily, weekly, or fortnightly basis to meet your needs. If you’re unsure what’s right for you, our expert team can provide a waste audit and advise on the best medical waste bags to use.
Get a free quote for the number, size, and type of clinical waste disposal bags you need. Call 0800 211 8390 or contact us online today. Our friendly team can answer any questions you have about clinical waste disposal bags.
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Published 9th December 2022 by Graham Matthews. Last modified 17th February 2025