Clinical Waste

We can collect 

We don’t collect 

Sharps

• Yellow lidded sharps box – Infectious Clinical waste including needles and syringes
• Red lidded sharps box – including Anatomical waste 
• Purple lidded sharps box – Cytotoxic and Cytostatic waste 

These should never be put in your blue-lidded recycling or black refuse bins as we can collect and dispose of these safely. 

Non-hazardous healthcare waste

• Non-infectious dressings, plasters and bandages 
• Offensive waste including incontinence pads and nappies 
• Sanitary waste 
• Stoma bags 
• Catheter waste 
• 'Peg' or stomach feeding equipment 
• Home dialysis waste (empty saline, glucose IV bags and tubes) 

These items should be double bagged and can go into your black refuse bin.

Hazardous Waste

• Infectious and contaminated swabs, wound dressings, infectious human tissues and bloods
• Wound vacuum drains or pumps 

These should never be put in your blue-lidded recycling or black refuse bins as we can collect and dispose of these safely. 

Medicines

• Unwanted or out of date medicines - should be taken to your local pharmacies or contact your healthcare provider
• Expired and unused EpiPen, or insulin pens, contain medicine that we can not accept. Please contact your healthcare provider for further information on how to dispose of these safely. Do not put them in the black refuse bin.

Empty and clean medicine packaging and containers such as plastic, glass bottles, cardboard packaging, paper instructions and blister packets, can go into your blue lidded recycling bin.