Clinical Waste Disposal
Managing clinical waste is highly regulated to protect anyone who comes into contact with it. Reliable storage, collection, and disposal of clinical waste is essential for any healthcare organisation to comply with the regulations and keep everyone safe. This includes doctor’s surgeries, dental practices, care homes, and beauty salons.
Access a wide range of clinical waste solutions that help your organisation manage it in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner. We can provide bins to store clinical waste safely, regular removal by licensed waste carriers, and responsible disposal. Our dedicated team is on hand to advise you and help you develop the best clinical waste management plan.
Save money with free bins for your clinical waste. There are no delivery or rental fees – you simply pay for collection. Call 0800 211 8390 or contact us online for a fast and free no-obligation quote for clinical waste collection anywhere in the UK.
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Clinical waste collection
Reliable clinical waste collection keeps your organisation safe and hygienic. Regular removals reduce the risk of accidents, spills, and exposure to potentially hazardous and infectious materials for employees, patients, and visitors. Clinical waste collection by licensed waste carriers gets rid of any type and amount of healthcare waste safely.
Separate and store medical waste in the appropriate bins, bags, and containers within your facility close to the point of production. Then arrange clinical waste collection at a time, date, and frequency that suits your business. Place the bins at the agreed and accessible collection point ahead of the pickup time and licensed waste carriers will remove them.
Clinical waste collection is available on a daily, weekly, or fortnightly basis. Arrange removals anywhere in the UK whatever the size of your company and its industry – whether it’s a hospital, dental surgery, care home, or beauty parlour.
Clinical waste bins
Get free bins, bags, and containers for your clinical waste. There are no delivery or bin hire fees – you only pay for collection. Explore the range of bins, bags, and containers for all types of clincal waste.
Disposal of clinical waste
Disposing of clinical waste must be done safely and in line with the relevant regulations. Businesses that generate any type and volume of medical waste have a legal duty of care to manage it responsibly. This includes ensuring it’s stored, removed, and disposed of properly by using licensed waste carriers.
We partner with specialist clinical waste disposal companies across the UK to help your business get rid of any medical refuse safely and affordably. Store clinical waste in separate bins away from other rubbish, arrange removal at a suitable time, and licensed waste carriers will transport it to a medical waste disposal facility.
There are various methods for the disposal of clinical waste depending on the specific materials. Some items must be incinerated and destroyed due to their infectious and hazardous. Other kinds of non-infectious medical waste may be disposed of via chemical treatment, at energy from waste (EfW) plant, or recycling.
You receive a free duty of care certificate that confirms safe and legal clinical waste disposal. This details where the waste was produced, when it was removed from your premises and who by, and where it was disposed of and the method. It offers peace of mind that your clinical waste is disposed of responsibly.
Clinical waste services
Our professional clinical waste services cover everything from providing you with appropriate bins of various types and sizes to regular collections and responsible disposal. If you need a hand smoothing out your management we can also offer audit, planning, and consultancy services. This helps ensure cost-effective and efficient clinical waste management for your organisation.
We can help compile a dossier listing your clinical waste items to create a solution based on what you need storing, removing, and disposing of responsibly. Our dedicated and efficient team of professionals can cover everything from identification to collection and even advise on recycling. This can sometimes be done over the phone, or we’ll happily book a site visit where required.
Discover more about our clinical waste services:
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Clinical waste audit
Identify the types and volumes of clinical waste you produce for the best bins and collection schedule.
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Clinical waste management plan
Create a cost-effective and efficient plan to store, remove, and dispose of clinical waste.
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Clinical waste consulting
Access professional expertise to help streamline the management of medical waste in your business.
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What is clinical waste?
Clinical waste is produced from any healthcare activity – including dentistry and veterinary healthcare – or within a laboratory, which may pose a threat to human health or the environment. It may pose a risk of infection, disease, or harm to human health for anyone who comes into contact with it.
Clinical waste is that which:
- Contains either micro-organisms or toxins that can cause diseases.
- Has been contaminated with any type of medicine containing a biologically active pharmaceutical agent.
- Is sharp, such as needles, or contains bodily fluids.
Clinical waste can be dangerous for those who encounter it. As such, there’s a lot of legislation covering the storage, removal, and disposal of clinical waste. It must be correctly stored, packaged, handled, and collected separately from other waste. To comply with legal requirements, all clinical waste must be ‘rendered safe’ to remove any risk or threat.
Types of clinical waste
There are many different types of clinical waste that have the potential to cause infection or disease. These can be generated by all sorts of businesses, not just healthcare providers. Understanding the various examples of clinical waste helps identify them within your organisation for safe storage, removal, and disposal.
Common clinical waste examples include:
- Sharps waste – Anything potentially contaminated that could pierce the skin, such as scalpels, needles, and broken vials.
- Infectious waste – Including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), gloves, dressings and wipes that were in contact with blood, bodily fluids, or other infectious materials.
- Offensive waste – Non-infectious waste such as nappies, wipes, incontinence pads, gloves, and empty colostomy bags.
- Cytotoxic and cytostatic waste – Materials, equipment and residue contaminated by cytotoxic or cytostatic drugs.
- Dental amalgam waste – Mainly from dental practices, including teeth with fillings, capsules containing residue and dental amalgam in any form.
- Medicines and vials – Both hazardous and non-hazardous medicinal waste and empty or expired vaccine vials class as clinical waste.
- Anatomical waste – Organs, body parts, and blood bags, including pathological waste, such as tissues or samples taken from a human or animal during a biopsy.
- Animal waste – The type of clinical waste generated during animal procedures at a vet.
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Why use Business Waste for
clinical waste removal?
Manage your clinical waste safely with Business Waste. Separate and store any type of medical waste you produce securely in the correct bins, bags, and containers. Save money with free bins too with no delivery or rental fees – you only cover the collection costs for affordable clinical waste removal.
We partner with professional clinical waste companies across the UK to deliver exceptional services and source the best possible prices. Licensed waste carriers will be the ones removing and handling your clinical waste to ensure everything complies with the legal standards. A free duty of care certificate adds peace of mind that it’s disposed of responsibly.
Get a free quote for clinical waste removal anywhere in the UK today – call 0800 211 8390 or contact us online.
Arrange clincal waste removal with Business Waste and benefit from:
- Free bins – no delivery or rental fees with a wide range of bins, bags, and containers to store any type and amount of clinical waste.
- Reliable collections – regular daily, weekly, and fortnightly collections are possible to suit the volume of medical waste you produce.
- Clinical waste compliance – everything is done in line with the relevant regulations for safe management from storage to disposal.
- Competitive prices – as a leading broker we work with local and national clinical waste companies to determine the best services and prices.
- Excellent customer service – regular contact and a dedicated point of contact help iron out any issues and deliver smooth clinical waste management.
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Published 4th April 2022 by Mark Hall. Last modified 25th February 2025