Apply for Clinical Waste Collection
Our Waste management team can arrange a clinical waste collection to help dispose of medical waste such as:
- Needles & Syringes - Orange lidded sharps bin 0.5 litres or 5 litre
- Chemotherapy treatments - Purple lidded sharps bin 5 litre
- Dressings and drainage materials - Yellow and black tiger stripped clinical waste bag
- Hazardous or Infectious materials - Orange and black clinical waste bag
If you are disposing of needles or syringes our waste management team can provide you with yellow sharps container to help you dispose of these safely.
Alternatively, if you are disposing of incontinence pads our waste management team will be able to provide you with a Clincical waste bag.
Where possible please speak to your GP or a Medical practitioner before submitting your application.
Our clinical waste service is only to be used by NHS Patients, we will not accept any private medical usage requests.
Apply for Clinical Waste Collection
If you would like to apply for a clinical waste collection, please use the link below:
Waste & Recycling: Make a request to the clinical Waste team
During your application you will be able to request that your collection is carried out on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly basis. At any time you may request your collection frequency to be amended.
Our Clinical waste collections occur between the hours of 07:00 and 14:00, please ensure that your clinical waste containers are left in an accessibile location, preferably on your doorstep.
If you already receive clinical waste collections and simply want to check which day your next collection is due, you can use our online collection calendar.
If you find sharps in the street
If needles, syringes and other medical waste are found on the highway or public land:
Drug litter found within domestic gardens or on private land, should be reported to and dealt with by the occupier or the landowner.
The Council can take action if it does pose a health risk or nusiance.
Telephone: 01709 336003
Large knives or combat knives
Larger or combat knives should be treated as weapons and reported to the Police.
Help us look after your area
You can help your community by becoming a Love Where You Live volunteer.
Our Love Where You Live volunteers are the eyes and ears of our communities. They help improve service delivery by reporting street scene issues such as potholes, graffiti, fly tipping, litter etc.
There is no time commitment required. How much time you put in is completely up to you.
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