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Information regarding the disposal of your clinical household waste.

There are 2 types of clinical waste collection service provided by us. These services are free for householders and require the use of coloured sacks or sharps boxes.

• Group A - All human tissue including blood soiled surgical dressings, swabs and other soiled waste from treatment areas.
• Group B - Used hypodermic needles, not including cytotoxic or cytostatic waste

We cannot collect any needles or dressings that have been used to administer cytotoxic or cytostatic medicines or anything you are told to label as cytotoxic or cytostatic waste. For advice on how to dispose of these items, please contact the dispensing pharmacy, surgery or hospital.

Please do not place Group A or B waste in either your black sacks, clear recycling sacks or twin bins.

• Group E - Incontinence pads, colostomy bags, used disposable bedpans and bedpan liners. These can be placed in your black bin but should be securely placed in a plastic bag first.