Certain medical wastes cannot be accepted in the normal refuse collection, and the Council provides a clinical waste collection and disposal service for residents who are treating themselves.
Strict confidentiality is maintained on the addresses and medical conditions of individuals receiving this service.
The service is for private householders only and is not available for waste from commercially operated Rest and Care homes.
Where the wastes result from a Health Professional working in a private dwelling, the Local Healthcare NHS Trust and/or the Health professional must make arrangements for the collection.
We will need your Health Professional to verify the nature of the waste we are to collect and a simple form is available to complete online.
In most cases, your doctor is familiar with the ordering process, has access to the form and can help you.
We can help with the collection of the following clinical waste.
| Glucose monitoring equipment user | Freestyle Libre, Dexcom or other branded glucose monitoring equipment (including sensors an applicators) |
| Yellow-topped sharps box | For infectious sharps contaminated with medicines. Yellow or orange topped boxes only |
| Purple-topped sharps box | Infectious sharps contaminated with cytotoxic/cytostatic waste. Purple topped box. (Generally medicines used for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or fertility). |
| Orange sack | Infectious waste that can be treated (e.g. tissue, blood and equipment, dressings and swabs contaminated with blood and tissue) |
| General household waste | Medical waste that is not infectious and does not require specialist disposal should be placed in black bags in your rubbish bin. This will include, but is not limited to, sanitary waste; nappies; incontinence pads; disposable liners; stoma bags and urine containers. However, additional refuse capacity can be requested under container orders on our website. |
Alternatively, call our Contact Centre for assistance on 01424 787000.
