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Is my waste clinical waste?

Type of waste

Inclusions

Disposal route

Clinical (infectious healthcare) waste – if you have an infection

Infected dressings

Infected swabs

Infected human tissue

Clinical waste collection

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Sharps

All needles used for injecting

Disposable instrument blades

Dedicated sharps box collection

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Household waste

Catheter bags – with contents emptied into the toilet

Stoma bags – with contents emptied into the toilet

Incontinence pads

Syringes with needles removed

Tubing, and ‘peg’ or stomach feeding equipment

Securely bagged in your household black bin or sack

Unwanted and out-of-date medicines

Tablets

Liquids

Epipens

Return to a local pharmacy

Medicine packaging

Cardboard boxes

Aerosol cleaning sprays

Empty plastic bottles

Plastic packaging

Recycling bin or sacks (Rinsed and squashed as usual as required)

Cytotoxic waste       

Purple lidded sharps

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