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Description |
Type of waste |
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Sharps - this is collected separately to your regular household waste |
Used or discarded syringes, needles or cartridges |
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Clinical/infectious waste - this is collected separately to your regular household waste |
Waste which is deemed to be infectious or potentially infectious and subject to special treatment for disposal, such as wound dressings, swabs, renal dialysis waste or bandages contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids or secretions. |
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Offensive/hygiene waste - this can usually be disposed of in your Green Lidded general waste bin |
Non infectious, non clinical waste such as incontinence pads, bed pans or liners, empty urine containers, stoma bags or catheters. It does not include babies' nappies or feminine hygiene products. |
Cardboard packaging, aerosol cleaning sprays, and bottles of nutrition for stomach feeding should be disposed of through the blue-lidded recycling bins.
Unwanted medication should always be returned to your doctor or chemist for appropriate disposal.
Each request for a clinical collection will be assessed individually in order to determine that we are providing the correct service to you. We will require full contact details for you, as we may need to visit in order to identify an agreed place for your waste to be collected from, and we will contact you regularly to check if anything has changed and that you still need the service. You must tell us if your situation changes.
We reserve the right to remove the clinical collection service at any time if it is not being used correctly.
To book a collection or to enquire about this service please email: wastesupport@coventry.gov.uk.
