Category: Waste Disposal
Targeting the Waste Transportation Paradigm
Following up on our last post detailing the need for disruptive thinking around the carbon heavy waste management model in use by our competitors for regulated medical waste (RMW), we want to shine a light on one of the key polluters – trucks. Remember the 3 T’s of the current medical waste management paradigm? TRUCK, […]
Clym 2022: Leading the Charge to Globally Sustainable Regulated Medical Waste Management
Happy (and Healthy) New Year! As the life sciences, pharmaceutical, healthcare, educational and industrial market sectors continue to leverage the use of biological materials to advance science, medicine, quality of life and higher learning, the safe management of the resulting regulated medical waste (RMW) to protect against infectious hazards is a critical public health priority. […]
Top 5 Waste Management Trends to Look Out For in 2022
Another year is behind us, and we’re looking forward to 2022. We see some exciting changes in store for waste management next year! Here are the upcoming ones we’re most excited for! 1. Local and Federal Governments Will Amp Up Incentives for Businesses to Go Green Overflowing landfills and polluted oceans are continuing to be […]
6 Tips for Handling and Disposing of Used Sharps
Needlestick and other sharps injuries are, unfortunately, a hazard for anyone working in the healthcare or life sciences research fields whether you’re a nurse, emergency responder, doctor, or lab technician. While OSHA has (enacted) passed requirements allowing only the use of safer sharps devices in most settings, sharps injuries can still occur. Why Is Proper […]
Are You Complying with OSHA’s Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard?
Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1970 to set and enforce standards to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for the American workforce. Over the past 50 years, OSHA has passed “standards” to protect workers involved in various industries, focusing on workplaces where hazardous materials are present. For example, in 1991, […]
We’ve Got to Start Somewhere: Ten Ways the US is Helping to Win the Trash Wars
When you read statistics like “a patch of plastic in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is the size of Texas” and “the daily diet of some sea turtles that live in this Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 74 percent plastic” it becomes painfully obvious: the world has a problem– a big problem– with […]
Ozone Processing: A Game Changer for Biohazardous Waste Disposal
If you’ve ever worked in a biomedical research or healthcare setting, you’ve either used an autoclave or seen one at work. And while autoclaves may sterilize and disinfect biohazardous and medical waste, there are issues with the amount of resources they require to operate– and the final form of the byproduct they leave behind. Autoclaves […]