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“Up to 600,000 tonnes of clinical waste is produced each year by the NHS - more than 1 per cent of all domestic UK waste” (DEFRA).
LITTA waste management provides a clinical waste collection and clinical waste disposal service that strictly complies with controlled waste regulations for:
Hospitals
GP Surgeries
Clinics and health centres
Nursing and Residential care homes
Pharmacies
Veterinary practices
Dental practices
Our expert, experienced healthcare waste collection teams operate nationwide, including all London and Greater London postcodes, and across the south-east.
What is clinical waste?
Clinical waste primarily refers to medical waste, nursing waste, pharmaceutical waste, veterinary waste and dental waste. Plus, clinical waste from similar healthcare environments may also pose harm through injury or infection.
Under the Controlled Waste Regulations Act 2012, clinical waste is defined as any waste which consists, wholly or partly of:
Human or animal tissue, blood or other body fluids, and excretions.
Drugs or other pharmaceutical products.
Swabs and dressings.
Syringes and needles.
Other items defined as ‘sharps’ including, lancets,
pipettes, scalpels, trocars and cannulas.
Any waste which may prove hazardous to any person who comes
into contact, unless made safe.
Healthcare waste can also be classified into three risk types of waste clinical materials:
Risk of infection
Risk of a chemical hazard
Contaminated medicine and medicinal waste
How we can help you
Every healthcare or similar setting will often have different needs demanding their own unique, clinical waste disposal solutions.
Our ON-DEMAND waste management service teams are experienced in providing clinical waste disposal solutions for key clinical waste services, including:
Controlled clinical waste disposal for healthcare sector premises such as, hospitals, clinics, doctors, dentists, veterinary practices and medical laboratories.
Sharps waste for sectors proving healthcare activity such as, medical and dentistry, nursing and care homes, and veterinary practices.
Incontinence waste solutions for health and social care businesses such as, nursing and care homes, children’s nurseries, medical and dental practices.
Sanitary waste disposal service for any type of private or public premises that provide toilet facilities for employees and visitors.
Our professional waste management of clinical waste collections and waste disposal is streamlined to efficiently handle all categories of healthcare waste from medical, chemical, surgical, dental and social care environments.
Non-infectious, non-clinical waste not containing pharmaceutical or chemical substances. However, any contact is generally categorised as ‘unpleasant’ or offensive waste.
Common offensive waste clinical items include:
Outer dressings
Gowns, masks, and gloves, and other PPE not contaminated
with bodily fluids.
Healthcare waste contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids, including:
Used diagnostic samples.
Infectious patient waste, such as swabs, bandages and
disposable medical devices.
Infectious laboratory cultures and stocks.
Cytostatic or cytotoxic waste is any material contaminated with toxic residues or preparations.
Also refers to medicines defined as:
Carcinogenic – causes cancerous tumours
Mutagenic – causes mutations in cell DNA
Teratogenic - causes irreversible,
abnormalities in the foetus
Highly hazardous cytostatic or cytotoxic waste include:
Medicines and Tablets
Medicinal creams or aerosols
Most hormonal preparations
Some anti-viral drugs
Refers to body parts, organs, blood bags and blood preserves,
all considered potentially hazardous clinical waste, including:
Chemically-preserved infectious, anatomical waste.
Non-hazardous, non-infectious, and non-chemically preserved
anatomical waste.
Different types of hazardous clinical waste are specifically
produced by dental waste, as follows:
Dental amalgam - contains toxic mercury used as a
bonding agent. At least 95 per cent of dental amalgam waste must be retained
for dental waste disposal using an Amalgam Separator.
Amalgam capsules - a mix of silver alloy and mercury,
used amalgam capsules are to be treated as hazardous dental waste and must be deposited
into dedicated dental waste containers.
Teeth - containing amalgam are also considered hazardous clinical waste and be disposed of in their own separate container.
X-ray fixer and developer solution - high silver content and considered potentially harmful, which must also be separated from other types of dental waste.
Lead foil – a highly toxic substance, lead was used to shield dental staff and patients from the dangers of low level radiation in x-ray machines still in existence despite modern digital x-ray equipment.
Infectious covid test disposal waste includes gloves, aprons, overalls, face masks, paper towels and swabs.
Any and all clinical waste generated from a potential or confirmed case of Coronavirus must be disposed of as Category B waste, under the NHS England 'COVID-19 waste management standard operation procedure'.
Covid test disposal items are identified as ‘orange-stream’ infectious waste - known or suspected to contain Category B pathogens – and should be placed in UN3291 orange clinical waste bags.
Needles used for Coronavirus vaccinations at vaccination
sites are considered highly infectious sharps waste for contained clinical
waste disposal.
Different types of Coronavirus tests will require different clinical
waste streams, whether carrying out PCR or lateral flow tests.
Clinical waste should be assigned by category using the
colour-coded waste disposal system. It is designed to clearly and easily identify
and separate health waste, in accordance with the ‘Safe Management of
Healthcare Waste’, issued by The Department of Health..
What is the clinical waste disposal system?
The colour-coded clinical waste disposal system is a national standard, also used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Designed for ease of use, each category of clinical waste is assigned a different colour coded lidded container.
Yellow - partially used sharps and clinical waste
which require incineration.
Blue – medicinal and pharmaceutical waste in original
or similar packaging to be sent for incineration.
Orange – sharps, wipes, dressings, and gloves contaminated
with bodily fluids suitable for alternative cleansing treatment.
Purple – waste contaminated with cytostatic and
cytotoxic medicinal products requiring incineration.
Red – Anatomical waste, including recognisable body parts to be disposed
by incineration
Yellow & Black – Offensive waste
White – Dental waste
Correct clinical waste disposal is essential to ensure the health and safety of all working or visiting in medical, healthcare and social care environments.
Strict regulations are also designed for robust clinical waste management and the correct classification of waste streams to reduce the impact of hazardous waste on the environment. Mixing clinical waste with other categories of waste is prohibited in England and Wales under Duty of Care and the Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Disposal of untreated clinical waste in landfill can lead to the release of chemical substances and toxic groundwater contamination when treated.
Incineration of unsuitable waste can also result in the release of airborne pollutants. Incinerated materials treated with chlorine can generate human carcinogens associated with a range of adverse health effects.
The below items carry an additional charge and are in addition to your selected load size
“Up to 600,000 tonnes of clinical waste is produced each year by the NHS - more than 1 per cent of all domestic UK waste” (DEFRA).
LITTA waste management provides a clinical waste collection and clinical waste disposal service that strictly complies with controlled waste regulations for:
Hospitals
GP Surgeries
Clinics and health centres
Nursing and Residential care homes
Pharmacies
Veterinary practices
Dental practices
Our expert, experienced healthcare waste collection teams operate nationwide, including all London and Greater London postcodes, and across the south-east.
What is clinical waste?
Clinical waste primarily refers to medical waste, nursing waste, pharmaceutical waste, veterinary waste and dental waste. Plus, clinical waste from similar healthcare environments may also pose harm through injury or infection.
Under the Controlled Waste Regulations Act 2012, clinical waste is defined as any waste which consists, wholly or partly of:
Human or animal tissue, blood or other body fluids, and excretions.
Drugs or other pharmaceutical products.
Swabs and dressings.
Syringes and needles.
Other items defined as ‘sharps’ including, lancets,
pipettes, scalpels, trocars and cannulas.
Any waste which may prove hazardous to any person who comes
into contact, unless made safe.
Healthcare waste can also be classified into three risk types of waste clinical materials:
Risk of infection
Risk of a chemical hazard
Contaminated medicine and medicinal waste
How we can help you
Every healthcare or similar setting will often have different needs demanding their own unique, clinical waste disposal solutions.
Our ON-DEMAND waste management service teams are experienced in providing clinical waste disposal solutions for key clinical waste services, including:
Controlled clinical waste disposal for healthcare sector premises such as, hospitals, clinics, doctors, dentists, veterinary practices and medical laboratories.
Sharps waste for sectors proving healthcare activity such as, medical and dentistry, nursing and care homes, and veterinary practices.
Incontinence waste solutions for health and social care businesses such as, nursing and care homes, children’s nurseries, medical and dental practices.
Sanitary waste disposal service for any type of private or public premises that provide toilet facilities for employees and visitors.
Our professional waste management of clinical waste collections and waste disposal is streamlined to efficiently handle all categories of healthcare waste from medical, chemical, surgical, dental and social care environments.
Non-infectious, non-clinical waste not containing pharmaceutical or chemical substances. However, any contact is generally categorised as ‘unpleasant’ or offensive waste.
Common offensive waste clinical items include:
Outer dressings
Gowns, masks, and gloves, and other PPE not contaminated
with bodily fluids.
Healthcare waste contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids, including:
Used diagnostic samples.
Infectious patient waste, such as swabs, bandages and
disposable medical devices.
Infectious laboratory cultures and stocks.
Cytostatic or cytotoxic waste is any material contaminated with toxic residues or preparations.
Also refers to medicines defined as:
Carcinogenic – causes cancerous tumours
Mutagenic – causes mutations in cell DNA
Teratogenic - causes irreversible,
abnormalities in the foetus
Highly hazardous cytostatic or cytotoxic waste include:
Medicines and Tablets
Medicinal creams or aerosols
Most hormonal preparations
Some anti-viral drugs
Refers to body parts, organs, blood bags and blood preserves,
all considered potentially hazardous clinical waste, including:
Chemically-preserved infectious, anatomical waste.
Non-hazardous, non-infectious, and non-chemically preserved
anatomical waste.
Different types of hazardous clinical waste are specifically
produced by dental waste, as follows:
Dental amalgam - contains toxic mercury used as a
bonding agent. At least 95 per cent of dental amalgam waste must be retained
for dental waste disposal using an Amalgam Separator.
Amalgam capsules - a mix of silver alloy and mercury,
used amalgam capsules are to be treated as hazardous dental waste and must be deposited
into dedicated dental waste containers.
Teeth - containing amalgam are also considered hazardous clinical waste and be disposed of in their own separate container.
X-ray fixer and developer solution - high silver content and considered potentially harmful, which must also be separated from other types of dental waste.
Lead foil – a highly toxic substance, lead was used to shield dental staff and patients from the dangers of low level radiation in x-ray machines still in existence despite modern digital x-ray equipment.
Infectious covid test disposal waste includes gloves, aprons, overalls, face masks, paper towels and swabs.
Any and all clinical waste generated from a potential or confirmed case of Coronavirus must be disposed of as Category B waste, under the NHS England 'COVID-19 waste management standard operation procedure'.
Covid test disposal items are identified as ‘orange-stream’ infectious waste - known or suspected to contain Category B pathogens – and should be placed in UN3291 orange clinical waste bags.
Needles used for Coronavirus vaccinations at vaccination
sites are considered highly infectious sharps waste for contained clinical
waste disposal.
Different types of Coronavirus tests will require different clinical
waste streams, whether carrying out PCR or lateral flow tests.
Clinical waste should be assigned by category using the
colour-coded waste disposal system. It is designed to clearly and easily identify
and separate health waste, in accordance with the ‘Safe Management of
Healthcare Waste’, issued by The Department of Health..
What is the clinical waste disposal system?
The colour-coded clinical waste disposal system is a national standard, also used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Designed for ease of use, each category of clinical waste is assigned a different colour coded lidded container.
Yellow - partially used sharps and clinical waste
which require incineration.
Blue – medicinal and pharmaceutical waste in original
or similar packaging to be sent for incineration.
Orange – sharps, wipes, dressings, and gloves contaminated
with bodily fluids suitable for alternative cleansing treatment.
Purple – waste contaminated with cytostatic and
cytotoxic medicinal products requiring incineration.
Red – Anatomical waste, including recognisable body parts to be disposed
by incineration
Yellow & Black – Offensive waste
White – Dental waste
Correct clinical waste disposal is essential to ensure the health and safety of all working or visiting in medical, healthcare and social care environments.
Strict regulations are also designed for robust clinical waste management and the correct classification of waste streams to reduce the impact of hazardous waste on the environment. Mixing clinical waste with other categories of waste is prohibited in England and Wales under Duty of Care and the Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Disposal of untreated clinical waste in landfill can lead to the release of chemical substances and toxic groundwater contamination when treated.
Incineration of unsuitable waste can also result in the release of airborne pollutants. Incinerated materials treated with chlorine can generate human carcinogens associated with a range of adverse health effects.
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