Clinical waste waste stream

Clinical waste represents 20% of our total waste.

Where do I put it?

• Solid waste (Hazard Group 1 or 2 & Class 1 or 2) appropriately pretreated via autoclave should be bagged and tagged.
  
  • Yellow waste stream
  • Orange waste stream

Who removes it?

• Laboratory staff should take their waste to the bulk waste compound.

What happens to it then?

• Yellow stream waste is sent for incineration and energy recovery (waste from Silwood Park is covered under a separate contract; this waste is incinerated without energy recovery).
• Orange stream waste is sent for alternative treatment; the ultimate fate of this route is landfill.

How green is this waste stream?

• The bins and carts are re-used.

What else can I do?

• If the books are not in good condition then you could always tear the pages from the spines and recycle the pages in the paper stream.

Contacts

 Ian Davison, Waste Assistant: + 44 (0)20 7594 5190