Exclusive GPs continue to store clinical waste ‘in practice toilets’ as the company contracted for collections is struggling with increased volumes of waste linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most ...

Introduction The increasing generation of plastic waste in healthcare settings, particularly in dentistry, highlights the need for structured recycling and waste segregation initiatives. Aim This ...

There seems to be a lot of confusion over the need for people to have clinical waste collected. I read the letter Waste Collections (News Shopper, November 4) about how one resident could not have ...

Staff members reported waste outside the hospital, caused by huge volumes of discarded PPE The build-up of clinical waste, caused by an increased use of PPE, at University Hospital Waterford. An ...

GP practices in East Sussex have warned their CCG they will have to stop doing face-to-face appointments unless mounting amounts of clinical waste are urgently collected. The company responsible for ...

Although only 0.1% of the carbon emissions of a dental practice comes from waste, practices produce significant amounts of recycling, domestic, offensive hygiene, clinical, hazardous and food waste.