Healthcare waste collection service

We provide a free collection of healthcare waste and sharps to ensure items which could pose a risk, such as used needles or contaminated dressings, are handled and disposed of safely. You can request a weekly collection or a one-off collection depending on what you need collecting.

Types of healthcare waste we collect

We can collect the following:

• sharp instruments: we provide yellow sharps boxes for items such as needles, lancets and scalpels.
• healthcare waste: we provide orange sacks for infectious or potentially infectious soft clinical waste contaminated with blood or bodily fluids - these include dressings, swabs, wipes, gloves, gowns, masks, aprons, blood bags, stoma or catheter bags and dialysis waste.

Healthcare waste must not be put in with normal household waste.

How do I arrange collections?

You’ll need a referral from your GP, doctor, nurse or other healthcare professional. They should have a healthcare waste referral form to complete and send to us, or they can download a copy from our website:

Clinical waste referral form (to be completed by a healthcare professional)

Once we’ve received your referral form, we’ll contact you to let you know what you need to do to start collections.

Book a clinical waste collection

Incontinence waste

If you produce incontinence waste this should be placed in your grey waste bin. If you need a larger or additional bin to hold this waste, please complete the additional bin capacity application form:

Request additional bin capacity

Waste than can go in your grey waste bin

The following items are not considered healthcare waste, so they should be placed in your grey waste bin:

• incontinence pads
• sanitary pads and tampons
• nappies
• animal waste
• unused medicines