Medical Waste

Exploring COVID-19’s Economic Impact on Waste and Recycling

Mar 16, 2020

Hamzah Mazari, managing director at Jefferies, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the market and the public waste industry.

Coronavirus Impacts Hit Solid Waste Managers, Generators

Mar 13, 2020

Waste and recycling industry stakeholders are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 as well as the medical waste being generated.

NWRA Publishes COVID-19 Guidance on Safe Handling of Waste

Mar 10, 2020

The document aims to provide guidance for NWRA member companies that do not routinely collect or process regulated medical waste.

Long-term Care Providers Adjust to Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Rule

Mar 10, 2020

Long-term care providers, who were once exempt from the hazardous pharmaceutical waste regulations, now have very specific requirements.

Medical Recycler Provides Repurposed Prosthetics to Developing Countries

Mar 09, 2020

Penta Medical Recycling is looking to repurpose prosthetics by providing used ones from the U.S. to six developing countries.

Coronavirus Leads Gient to Build Medical Waste Treatment Plant

Mar 05, 2020

China’s largest professional supplier of medical waste treatment equipment is helping the Wuhan government build a medical waste treatment plant equipped to handle 30 tons per day.

France Announces Anti-waste, Circular Economy Law

Feb 25, 2020

The law will ban companies from destroying clothes, cosmetics and other unsold or returned items.

China’s Sanitation Workers Take on Coronavirus Cleanup

Feb 24, 2020

Sanitation workers’ duties include disinfecting discarded masks of residents and facilities such as public toilets.

Tech Developer, Hauler Team to Turn Medical Waste into Energy

Feb 11, 2020

Boson Energy and ASW are building a medical waste-to-energy plant, with ambitions to launch at least 20 more nationwide in the next five to 10 years.

NWRA Releases Interim Guidance for Safe Handling of Medical Waste

Feb 04, 2020

NWRA’s Healthcare Waste Institute developed interim guidance to address the safe handling of medical waste during the coronavirus outbreak.

Information on the processing, handling, transportation and disposal of medical waste.

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