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Veterinary Medical Waste Disposal Costs: Pricing Guide & Cost-Saving Tips

Veterinary Medical Waste Disposal Costs: Pricing Guide & Cost-Saving Tips

Every veterinary practice, whether a small animal clinic or a large specialty hospital, generates regulated waste. This includes sharps, expired pharmaceuticals, and medical and pathological waste. Proper disposal isn’t optional. As a decision-maker at your practice, you know It’s a legal requirement that ensures your practice is compliant, safe, and environmentally responsible.

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Poor Lab Pack Disposal Services: The Impact on Your College

Poor Lab Pack Disposal Services: The Impact on Your College

There’s no denying that proper lab pack disposal is essential to any organization that must treat and remove their expired chemicals, but it’s particularly essential in a college or university setting. If your university or college has laboratories that require these services, poor lab packs could mean more than just improperly discarded chemicals; it could mean real safety hazards for your students and staff.  

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Dry Cleaner Waste Disposal: PERC, DF-2000, and Filters Explained

Dry Cleaner Waste Disposal: PERC, DF-2000, and Filters Explained

Running a dry cleaning business involves more than just delivering spotless clothes to customers. A major part of keeping your business safe lies in your ability to properly manage the hazardous waste generated in the cleaning process. Solvents like PERC (perchloroethylene), DF-2000, and spent filters contain chemicals that, if improperly disposed of, can lead to serious environmental and regulatory consequences. 

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Choosing Medical Waste Management: 7 Essentials Surgery Centers Must Know

Choosing Medical Waste Management: 7 Essentials Surgery Centers Must Know

Hiring medical waste management services at a surgery center is an essential part of ensuring those centers are in full legal compliance with all medical waste disposal laws. However, not all waste management companies are created equal. Before you commit to any one company, keep the following nine points in mind.  

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How a Medical Waste Assessment Can Save Your Medical Practice Money

How a Medical Waste Assessment Can Save Your Medical Practice Money

As a medical practice that generates medical waste, it’s vitally important to receive a medical waste assessment from a reputable, professional, and experienced waste management company. Price is obviously a large factor when selecting such a company, but you also need to be careful to consider long-term as well as short-term costs. That is to say, what could it ultimately end up costing you if you select a disreputable, unprofessional, or inexperienced company?  

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Are Long-Term Medical Waste Management Contracts Necessary?

Are Long-Term Medical Waste Management Contracts Necessary?

Doctors understand that their offices and facilities create biohazardous waste that must be disposed of properly and safely with a hazardous waste disposal company. However, not all doctors realize how many options they have in regards to partnering with businesses to dispose of that waste. Due at least in part to lack of information within the industry, many doctors’ offices needlessly become locked into long-term medical waste management contracts. While waste contracts are largely the norm, they are not the only option—and they are certainly not the best financial option.

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Consequences of Poorly Managed Medical Waste Disposal

Consequences of Poorly Managed Medical Waste Disposal

While a majority of medical waste can be classified as non-hazardous, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 15% falls into the hazardous waste category, each of which triggers a particular set of protocols for its management and disposal. In order to minimize the health risks associated with exposure to these potentially infectious materials, physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers must take every precaution when managing and disposing of all medical waste.

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