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Offensive Waste Disposal
Offensive waste is non-infectious, non-hazardous and requires segregation and disposal in line with stringent waste legislation. At Initial Medical, we provide an industry-leading waste management service, including specialist products designed to safely and cleanly contain your offensive waste.
Yellow tiger bags are required for offensive waste disposal to comply with current regulations. Initial Medical will support your business with our durable colour-coded offensive waste bags and outdoor wheelie bins to ensure your waste is clearly identifiable and segregated.
Examples of offensive waste:
- Healthcare Facilities: Non-infectious contaminated bandages, dressings, PPE, cardboard vomit / urine bowls, catheters and hygiene waste such as colostomy / stoma bags
- Dental Practices: Non-infectious PPE, swabs and sanitary waste
- Laboratories: Non-infectious PPE
- Veterinary Clinics: Non-infectious surgical drapes, PPE, dressings, and soiled bedding.
- Care and Nursing Homes: Non-infectious wound dressings, incontinence products, sanitary waste, colostomy / stoma bags, and catheters
- Aesthetics and Beauty Clinics: Disposable non-infectious PPE, couch roll, dressing pads, cotton buds and waxing strips
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How to dispose of Offensive waste?
You should dispose of offensive waste in colour-coded yellow and black striped (also described as the tiger) offensive waste bags or suitable containers. When it is ready for final disposal make sure the bag or container is correctly sealed and safely stored out of the way of staff, customers, patients and particularly children in a lockable space (room or external wheelie bin) and kept separate from other waste streams, such as clinical and pharmaceutical waste.
What are the types of offensive waste and EWC waste codes?
- Human Healthcare - EWC 18-01-04
- Animal Healthcare - EWC 18-02-03
- Municipal - EWC 21-01-99
Initial Medical: Your Offensive Waste Disposal Expert
We provide bespoke solutions, working with you to understand your business needs, from correct bin size and quantity to collection schedules.
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Compliance guaranteed - With regular advice and compliance audits, we ensure your disposal adheres to clinical waste regulations. For all non-hazardous, which includes your offensive waste streams, you will receive an annual waste transfer note in accordance with current government regulations.
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Accredited Technicians - Our ADR-accredited technicians are licensed to collect and carry dangerous goods including hazardous, pharmaceutical and clinical waste ready for onward disposal.
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Scalable solutions - We offer a range of waste containers and tailor your collection to suit your budget and needs.
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Sustainable waste management - Our practices range from paperless documentation to eco-friendly containers made from recycled plastic. We use energy from waste disposal or recycling solutions and are an ISO 14001:2015 environmentally accredited organisation.
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Peace of mind - Focus on what truly matters, knowing your offensive waste is handled safely, and disposed of responsibly.
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Expertise - Our Initial Medical team of experts provides advice and offer free CPD-accredited online learning courses and resources. We also provide downloadable posters and support materials such as our Follow The Colour Code and How To Tie a Clinical Waste Bag resources to enhance your understanding of clinical waste disposal.