Last updated:
31st July 2024
Clinical waste collection
Arrange collection of sharps boxes (bins)
How clinical waste collection service works
We collect clinical waste free of charge if you are self-treating at home and have a medical condition.
If you are being treated by a healthcare professional any waste produced should be removed and disposed of by them.
The local health authority provides the first sharps box, which you can get on prescription from your GP or pharmacist.
This service is for residential properties only.
What is clinical waste
Clinical waste is anything that could be infected or hazardous, for example:
- Blood or bodily fluids
- Drugs or other pharmaceutical products
- Dialysis waste
- Medical dressings
- Syringes
What is not clinical waste
The following are classed as hygiene waste and can be double-bagged and put out with your general waste:
- Incontinence pads
- Stoma bags
Arrange clinical waste collection
- Orders placed Monday to Thursday will be sent to the contractor for delivery/collection as requested the following week.
- Orders placed on a Friday to Sunday will have a delivery/collection as requested the week after next.
Once you’ve requested the service you will receive either:
- A collection and or a delivery of sharps boxes
- A few clinical bags and ties in the post, followed by a collection. The crew will replace the number of bags and ties used each week.
Make sure your bags or sharps box are left outside, at the edge of your property the night before at your selected collection point as collections are early morning.
Once you’ve requested the service you will receive your bags the following week ready for your first waste collection the week after.
Find your collection day
Please refer to the postcode list below for your collection day:
- RG1 - Tuesday
- RG2 - Wednesday
- RG4 - Tuesday
- RG5 - Tuesday
- RG6 - Wednesday
- RG7 - Wednesday
- RG9 - Tuesday
- RG10 - Tuesday
- RG27 - Wednesday
- RG30 - Wednesday
- RG40 - Thursday
- RG41 5.. - Wednesday
- RG41 any other - Thursday
- RG42 - Thursday
- RG45 - Thursday
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