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Posted By John Taylor
Can anyone help clarify this definition I have a live site project involving the re cycling of polystrene containers which
previously held medical equipment these boxes go off to hospitals and some of the contents are used, some parts which are reclaimable
along with un opened sharps are returned
to site these are then removed, can some one
help on this would the packaging be classed as clinical waste or can it be reintroduced into the packaging cyle by regrinding and mixing with virgin materials and reformed
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Posted By Adrian Watson
Clinical waste is defined by the Controlled waste Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/588)and the Collection and disposal of waste regulations 1988 (SI 1988/819) as including—
(a) any waste which consists wholly or partly of human or animal tissue, blood or other body fluids, excretions, drugs or other pharmaceutical products, swabs or dressings, or syringes, needles or other sharp instruments, being waste which unless rendered safe may prove hazardous to any person coming into contact with it; and
(b) any other waste arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmaceutical or similar practice, investigation, treatment, care, teaching or research, or the collection of blood for transfusion, being waste which may cause infection to any person coming into contact with it.
Therefore if your packing materials are not contaminated with any of the above or is not a material that can be infectious is not special waste. Furthermore if the material has not fallen outside the utility cycle it is unlikely to be waste.
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