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Medical Waste
Medical Waste: - Any solid waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, excluding hazardous waste identified or listed under 40 CFR Part 261 or any household waste as defined in 40 CFR Sub-section 261.4 (b)(1). [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Medical Waste:: |
Manteca Bulletin,5:30 am to 3:30 pm Once the city has a larger container filled, it will pay to have the recovered needles shipped for proper disposal as medical waste.
Upstate hospital going green - 04 Aug 2008
Greenville News,...which generates about 10 tons of municipal trash and 1 ton of regulated medical waste every day, damaged surgical instruments and finger oxygen sensor
Collection day brings toxic trash parade - 04 Aug 2008
Roanoke Times,Tires, explosives, asbestos, commercial or medical waste and radioactive materials are not accepted. Nor is any material in a container larger than five
Cutter is suited for hard, soft, and fibrous materials. - 04 Aug 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,...pigments, powdered metals, medical waste, general chemical products and plastics, including scrap from thermoforming, molding and extrusion operations.
Children's Hospital DMS held in medical waste scam - Aug 3, 2008
The News - International,By Ali Raza The Environment Department of the City District Government (CDGL), Lahore, got a deputy medical superintendent (DMS) of the Children Hospital
Foreign investment in Environmental Energy upped to $30m - Aug 3, 2008
Globes,New US federal regulations led to the closure of incinerators for medical waste, and hospitals are seeking alternative waste disposal methods.
Stericycle (SRCL): Insiders Keen on Medical Waste - Jul 31, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,..."SRCL is North America's largest provider of medical waste services. In fact, if a major customer wants to contract with a single customer for nationwide
Owner to dispose of Hamtramck waste operation - Jul 31, 2008
Detroit Free Press,BY TINA LAM • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • July 31, 2008 A long, tumultuous battle over permits and emissions from a Hamtramck medical waste incinerator is
Garbage service takes responsibility for misplaced medical waste - Jul 30, 2008
Rapid City Journal,The medical garbage was not considered biohazardous medical waste, May said, although residents were not aware of that when they saw the waste spilled on
Medical waste poses marked threat to third world’s poor - Jul 14, 2008
Dispatch Online,Last year authorities shut down a company in Boksburg after it was discovered that it dumped more than 20 tons of medical waste, including syringes,
"Sharps" Disposal Will Be Safer, Easier - Aug 2, 2008
Pasadena Now,Disposal of this type of hazardous medical waste, however, has become an urgent concern. Proper disposal of used sharps helps the trash collection workers
State-run hospitals flout waste disposal norms: PCB - Jul 22, 2008
The Statesman,Speaking at a programme organised by the PCB to celebrate the World Environment Day, Mr Basu said: “We have set up common medical waste treatment facilities
Burner malfunction throws medical waste incinerator out of operation - Jul 25, 2008
Netherlands Antilles Daily Herald,PHILIPSBURG--The medical waste disposal nightmare that had been plaguing health facilities in St. Maarten over the past year has been deepened with the
Medical Waste Strewn About - Jul 25, 2008
KELOLAND TV,Authorities who responded to two reports of medical waste being found on streets in Rapid City said the materials were not hazardous.
Auditing our waste - Jul 29, 2008
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper,Not too well, according to the royal audit authority (RAA), which did its first ever audit on municipal solid waste and medical waste in Thimphu and
LMC to take care of Queen Mary's bio-med waste - Jul 12, 2008
Times of India,LUCKNOW: The Queen Mary hospital would be getting its bio-medical waste incinerated with the help of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC).
Commissioner tasks stakeholders on medical waste management - Jul 14, 2008
The Tide,Idris made the call at a sensitisation workshop on medical waste management, organiSed by the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Lagos State
Medical waste scam in Guru Teg Bahadur hospital - Jul 15, 2008
Zee News,The company - Vijay Waste Product, which collects the medical waste, has a dubious history too. Earlier, the company used to collect medical waste from
Medical waste threatens health of trash pickers - Jul 12, 2008
Phnom Penh Post,...“Bags of blood, human parts such as hands, legs, lungs, livers, whole babies and heads are found in that medical waste,� said Kuo Sineth, a 21-year-old
Medicine Starts Thinking Green - Jul 22, 2008
Wall Street Journal Blogs,Medical waste and other garbage washed onto a 10-mile stretch of Lake Michigan beaches earlier this month. (AP Photo/News Advocate,Dan Wrzesinski) The
Caprius, Inc. Announces Trading Symbol Change - Jul 25, 2008
FOXBusinessCaprius, Inc. is a manufacturer of proprietary equipment for the on-site disinfection of infectious medical waste through its subsidiary, MCM Environmental
$1B Calif. savings in ending medical waste - Jul 10, 2008
United Press InternationalSACRAMENTO, July 10 (UPI) -- Californians can save $1 billion a year by avoiding extra medical care and using cheaper but equally effective drugs,
‘Body parts’ case ends up in court - Jul 23, 2008
Dispatch Online,THE provincial Health Department has been accused of colluding with a medical waste disposal company to change its prices in a tender for a lucrative
Long-Term Investor - Jul 30, 2008
Investor's Business Daily (subscription)BY NANCY GONDO Hospitals have enough to handle without worrying about the proper disposal of potentially infectious medical waste.
LMC Mulls Bio-Medical Waste Plant - Jul 7, 2008
RedOrbit,The city, according to guess estimates, produces around three tonnes of bio-medical waste daily. Srivastava said that the plant would cater to an area in
Protecting the earth from ourselves - Jul 31, 2008
The National,Bags of medical waste dumped in a huge hole in the desert wait to be buried at the Maqatra landfill site between Abu Dhabi and Hmeem.
Power Medical Interventions Receives FDA Clearance for i45V - Aug 1, 2008
EndoNurse,PMI continues to be committed to reducing medical waste and the associated negative impact on the environment to near zero levels.
State, city differ in morgue waste disposal - Jul 17, 2008
Water Technology Online,According to the article, state regulations allow for the regular disposal of the medical waste. “Myself and my staff have 10 times more exposure [during
Katutura Hospital wastes ARVs - Jul 31, 2008
Informante,Gariseb maintained that they carried out the disposal in line with the provisions of the Medical Waste Management Strategy for the City of Windhoek,
Hard Times - Jul 28, 2008
Texas Examiner,McMahon also said reports that Renaissance had improperly disposed of medical waste were not true. He said medical waste at the hospital was kept in
Stericycle Chairman, Director Make Healthy Insider Buys - Jul 15, 2008
Wall Street JournalBy NICOLAS BRULLIARD Two longtime insiders of Stericycle Inc. just made the largest purchases on record by insiders of the medical-waste management company.
Arizona trash empire draws ire of Waste Management - Jul 30, 2008
The Zonie Report,He claims Waste Management has evidence that it was hauling trash — such as untreated medical waste from Phoenix and oil-contaminated soils from
E Cape waste company sued by rival firm - Jul 7, 2008
Legalbrief (subscription),A Butterworth medical waste company, Aesthetic Waste Services, which was raided by the Green Scorpions last week, has been taken to court by a rival firm
Disposal for home-generated needles available at transfer station - Jul 30, 2008
Willits News,All commercial, medical or veterinary offices should make their own arrangements with a licensed medical waste hauler. The new program is sponsored by MSWMA
Contaminated water sources pose serious risks to health - Jul 29, 2008
Viet Nam News,It is estimated that combined they produce more than 400 tonnes of medical waste each day. Not one of these hospitals has processed waste adequately for
Roanoke Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day - Aug 1, 2008
WSLS.com,Examples of materials that cannot be accepted include tires, explosives, medical waste, and radioactive materials including smoke detectors.
St. Petersburg Dream Center running short of key items - Aug 2, 2008
Tampabay.com,Explosives and medical waste will not be accepted. Businesses pay the contractors directly, at the county's reduced contract prices.
KMC, WBPCB eye power from waste - Jul 13, 2008
Business Standard,While some had taken action for effective segregation of bio-medical waste, one major hospital in Salt Lake was yet to take action, he added.
Tainted bay beach was reopened too soon - Jul 29, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,And she noted the state has come a long way from the 1980s, when medical waste was washing up on ocean beaches. "New Jersey has a right to be proud of its
Sharps Disposal System incorporates mail-back feature. - Jul 8, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,The product is permitted by the United States Postal System for transport to the Sharps' owned medical waste disposal facility located in Carthage, Texas.
Power Medical Interventions, Inc. Successfully Demonstrates the ... - Jul 31, 2008
Primenewswire (press release),PMI manufactures durable recyclable technology to reduce medical waste and help keep the planet clean. The company was founded in 1999, and is headquartered
10-Year-Permit Denial Stirs Shutdown Hope for Camino Real Landfill ... - Aug 3, 2008
RedOrbit,Opponents of the landfill attribute community health problems to the discovery of medical waste found in the dump, asbestos and waste from other parts of
Recycling Unused Medical Supplies to Help Save Lives and the Planet - Jul 28, 2008
Today's SurgiCenter,...practice of recovery of unused surgical supplies in order to provide international medical relief while reducing solid medical waste from US hospitals.
JP McCarthy Fund Grants $250000 to Karmanos Cancer Institute - Jul 30, 2008
MarketWatchThe cord blood and placenta, often discarded as medical waste, are rich in life-giving cells needed to fight diseases. Unlike donated marrow, the cord blood
Beijing launches waste recycling campaign in Olympic venues - Jul 24, 2008
Xinhua,...including leftovers, paper, plastic bottles and medical waste, during the sports events, according to the Beijing Municipal Administration Commission.
Pollution board slaps notices on hospitals, nursing homes - Jul 12, 2008
Expressindia.com,...‘closure notice’ with a one-month time period, the others have been heavily fined for not segregating the bio-medical waste in an eco-friendly manner.
Head to the beach for good, clean fun - Jul 30, 2008
The Union Leader,...but not medical waste.... that would come in the form of needles etc... perhaps you need to go north for a better group of people to hang out with.
As the SPCA turns Future of Hudson County animal shelter discussed ... - Aug 1, 2008
Hudson Reporter,On June 20, a Jersey City utility worker came across 15 animal carcasses in an unplugged freezer as well as syringes and medical waste at the closed shelter
Registration closed for waste collection - Jul 30, 2008
Roanoke Times,Items not accepted include tires, explosives, asbestos, commercial waste, medical waste and radioactive materials, including smoke detectors.
Washington Post Examines Efforts By Physicians, Hospitals To Be ... - Jul 23, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),The Washington Post on Tuesday examined how many hospitals and health care professionals "have begun to think greener" in an effort to reduce medical waste
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