Clinical waste service

We offer a chargeable clinical waste collection service for businesses that require one. We supply yellow clinical waste sacks or sharps containers (boxes used for needles), which when full, can be collected by arrangement.

What is clinical waste?

Clinical waste is officially divided into five categories:

Category A - soiled surgical dressings, swabs and other similar soiled waste
Category B - discarded syringe needles, broken glass and any other contaminated disposable sharp instruments or items
Category C - microbiological cultures and potentially infected waste from pathology Departments or other clinical/research laboratories. Please note, we do not collect Category C clinical waste
Category D - drugs or other pharmaceutical products
Category E - includes items used to dispose of urine, faeces and other bodily secretions or excretions.

Contact us

To find out more information about the clinical waste service for businesses, please call 020 7527 2000.

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