Medical Waste - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is the Winning Formula

Medical wastes not only pose a risk to human lives but also to the environment and animal life. Though treatment and medical waste removal does reduce the risks, indirect health risks may occur through the release of toxic pollutants or through treatment or disposal of waste. Given this scenario, the three R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle seems to be an apt medical waste disposal method. And for the most part a winning formula too.

Depending on the state where the medicinal facility is operating, they have to segregate hazardous wastes into different categories. Some states only have three or four classifications of hazardous wastes while some may have more than that. The medical facilities generating medical waste should follow the segregation regulations as well as other rules in place or they could be stripped of their license to operate.

Proper segregation of waste in the place where they are generated is important. It should be done because different categories of medical waste have different ways of being treated. For example, hazardous waste chemicals should be treated in the proper and recommended sewage treatment facility. For sharps like needles and scalpels, they can be treated before being recycled.

After segregating healthcare wastes into different categories, they need to be transported to an off-site treatment facility. For this, the medical facility should have properly trained staff and an approved biohazard waste transport vehicle. If the medical facility cannot provide such things, it would be best for them to work with a good medical waste disposal company who would have both at their disposal.

The biohazard materials are then treated and in some cases forwarded to a sanitary landfill. By going through the required treatment process, the wastes generated by medical facilities, their risk to the health of the people and the environment will be eliminated. In GreenBeston Group, you can treat your medical wastes through a much more profitable and properer way, that is, using pyrolysis process to convert the wastes into pyrolysis oil. After segregation, most of the medical wastes are made from plastic, so you can get plenty of pyrolysis oil from them through a pyrolysis plants and the oil can be used as industrial fuels as a replacement of engine oil.