| Sunday March 31, 2019 | by bwdus |
A Clever Approach to Dental Waste
Dentists in Livingston County, Michigan have found an ingenious way to reuse gold, silver, platinum and palladium from patients’ old tooth fillings. Proceeds from the precious metals, collected ove...
| Monday March 18, 2019 | by bwdus |
EPA Releases New Rule for Pharmaceutical Waste
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a new rule concerning the handling, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The rule will go into effe...
| Tuesday March 12, 2019 | by bwdus |
Avoid Problems Surrounding Improper Medical Waste Disposal
Improper medical waste disposal poses a danger to human health and the environment, and can accrue heavy fines and legal penalties. Busy medical facilities trust that their medical waste is disposed ...
| Tuesday June 19, 2018 | by bwdus |
Medical waste disposal can’t be taken lightly. But providers might actually be overdoing it.
The business of waste — specifically, the business of off-site management of hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste — is big. The global medical waste management industry is so large, in fact,...