Environmental and biological disasters are an unfortunate yet distinct possibility when dealing with medical waste. And while it's a tough job, it's vitally important. There are many medical, dental ...

Medical waste disposal methods are said to be damaging to people and the environment, and a Maryland incinerator which burns nearly 30,000 tons of medical waste each year is one of the world’s largest ...

Throwing sharps containers, red bags, and spill cleanup materials into the trash sends up a red flag to commercial or municipal trash collectors because they are not allowed to take this waste. A ...

The very materials protecting us from COVID-19 infection over the last year could ultimately cause long-term harm to public health and the planet. Growing quietly in the background amid the chaos to ...

Capping a two-year investigation, the Department of Environmental Protection fined 12 UPMC hospitals a total of $451,000 for violations of the Solid Waste Management Act.Inspectors for DEP’s Waste ...

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- remedi, a fully permitted regulated medical waste (RMW) processor, announced it is the first company in Texas permitted to recycle regulated medical waste, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. When you give blood to be tested at the doctor’s office, what happens to your sample when the tests are ...