Clinical waste collections
Waste Information
We provide a domestic clinical waste collection service to households in the borough and a commercial clinical waste collection service for businesses.
Examples of clinical waste and containers you need are:
- In a Yellow Bag: Hazardous infectious clinical waste such as swabs or soiled dressings and waste from treatment areas.
- In a Sharps Box: Syringes, needles or other sharp instruments or glass (please note we only collect boxes with yellow lids. Only yellow lidded containers to be presented for collection. Boxes with any other colour lid should be return to the original provider e.g. hospital, doctor's surgery).
- In an additional Grey bin: Medical non-hazardous waste such hygiene waste and sanitary protection including incontinence pads.
How to arrange a domestic clinical waste collection
Items should be left out for collection in a secure area by 6.30am.
To arrange a domestic clinical waste collection or to order a sharps box exchange, please complete a domestic clinical waste collection request online form
We will then let you know how often your collections will be and when they will start.
How to arrange a commercial clinical waste collection
To arrange a commercial clinical waste collection or to order a sharps box exchange, please complete a commercial clinical waste collection request online form.
For the collection of commercial waste there is a charge depending on the size and number of collections - each business is quoted a competitive price.
Report a missed clinical waste collection
If you wish to report a missed clinical waste collection, please complete a missed collection online form
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