Published: March 8, 2017 This post, How One Community is Educating its Residents on Proper Disposal of Home Medical Waste, first appeared on www.waste360.com. When household medical waste—from sharps and tubing to IV bags—is improperly disposed of in recycling containers, it slows the work at materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and can put workers’ health in jeopardy. Recently motivated by medical waste thrown into residential recycling carts, the Region of Peel, which provides waste management services […]

You know that the red trash bags are specially made to contain medical or biohazardous waste, but what exactly should you put in them and what should go in the regular trash? Use these bags to dispose of solid or liquid items contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). There are multiple definitions used for medical waste, which is also referred to as regulated, infective, infectious and biohazardous waste. A definition from OSHA […]