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Massive medical waste crisis deepens concern to communities
15 Jul 2025 10:50 GMT
… hazardous materials such as used syringes, gloves, drug packaging, used condoms … receives around 200 kilograms of medical waste daily from surrounding health facilities … like open-air burning of medical waste, posing significant health and environmental …
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Tulsans push back on Reworld’s plan to burn medical waste
15 Jul 2025 08:12 GMT
… ,000 tons of untreated regulated medical waste. Photo, Kimberly Marsh
Reworld, located … application to handle untreated medical waste like bandages, syringes, gloves and soiled diapers … , all toxic air pollutants. The medical waste would comprise about 10% of …
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Mandaue medical waste finally collected after year-long delay
09 Jul 2025 08:51 GMT
… of special waste, including used syringes, blood-soaked bandages, chemical containers …
Ouano first discovered the stockpiled medical waste, wrapped in yellow plastic bags … , the company will continue collecting medical waste from Mandaue City until the …
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Nearly 300 drums of medical waste uncollected in Mandaue City terminal
03 Jul 2025 11:28 GMT
… drums of infectious and hazardous medical waste remain uncollected at the … —mostly from MCH—includes used syringes, blood-soaked bandages, chemical … waste—such as used syringes—so they can be … as PPEs, masks, and syringes.
Ouano stressed the urgency of …
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Medical waste scandal at Bulawayo's dumpsite
29 Jun 2025 10:24 GMT
… Sidange.
Sidange reiterated that medical waste is classified as hazardous … and disposal of all medical waste they generate. This … particularly in the enforcement of medical waste handling laws.
While EMA … by-side with used syringes and infectious materials, the …
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Farmers in TN's Dharmapuri raise alarm over dumping of medical waste in farmlands, waterways
12 Jun 2025 11:08 GMT
… rampant and illegal dumping of medical waste in agricultural lands and irrigation … livelihood, the discovery of used syringes, bloody bandages, medical vials, and … similar experience. “I found used syringes, blood-stained cotton, and vials …
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Dhyanguru Raghunath Guruji Launches Nationwide Awareness Campaign on Domestic Chemical and Medical Waste Segregation
06 Jun 2025 15:49 GMT
… segregation of household chemical and medical waste. The campaign, starting from Pune … such as expired medicines, used syringes, batteries, paints, body sprays, pesticides … separate dustbins:
Yellow bins for medical waste
Red bins for chemical waste …
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University and NHS Partnership Diverts Medical Waste to Support Study
15 May 2025 16:46 GMT
… £20,000 and significantly reducing clinical waste within just six months.
Launched … medical consumables, such as gloves, syringes, and dressings, are collected before …
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A Guide to Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control
15 Jul 2025 08:36 GMT
… disposal is crucial for effective medical waste management and maintaining a safer … the skin, including hypodermic needles, syringes, scalpels, and exposed ends of …
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Taita Taveta launches probe on dumping of medical waste in Voi River
30 Apr 2025 17:06 GMT
… the illegal dumping of hazardous medical waste in Voi River, vowing tough … improperly discarded medical items including syringes, plastic pipettes, used malaria diagnostic …