Clinical Waste

Clinical waste includes

• blood or bodily fluids
• excretions
• drugs or other pharmaceutical products
• swabs or dressings
• syringes, needles or other sharp instruments

Non hazardous clinical waste

Non-hazardous clinical waste such as

• incontinence pads
• catheter bags
• non infections dressings

Can be combined into the household domestic waste and disposed of using the black wheeled bin.

If you are finding your current rubbish and recycling collections are not coping with the amount of clinical waste you are producing please complete the below from along with your health care professional.

And post to

• Customer Contact Centre, Epping Forest District Council, 323 High Street, Epping, Essex CM16 4BZ

And we may be able to increase your bins capacity.

Processing applications can take up to two weeks and we will inform you of the outcome.

Hazardous clinical waste

This can only be collected by specialised companies, who have staff trained to collect the waste in a modified & licensed vehicle.

All hazardous clinical waste must be incinerated.

Hazardous clinical waste must not be disposed of in your wheeled bins.

If you need a separate collection of clinical waste you have 2 options.

1. We can arrange for a private contractor to collect your clinical waste.

To do this we need you and your health care professional to fill in the below referral form

And send back to

• Customer Contact Centre, Epping Forest District Council, 323 High Street, Epping, Essex CM16 4BZ

Once we have received your referral form it can take us up to 15 working days to process the form.