Northwell Health is turning blood collection tubes, needles and other lab waste into nonhazardous flakes — and hunting for a recycling firm that can make the material useful for manufacturers.

Environmental and biological disasters are an unfortunate yet distinct possibility when dealing with medical waste. And while it's a tough job, it's vitally important. There are many medical, dental ...

Human remains are at the center of tangled litigation involving a major regional health care system and the company contracted to dispose of its medical waste in North Dakota. Monarch Waste ...

Throwing sharps containers, red bags, and spill cleanup materials into the trash sends up a red flag to commercial or municipal trash collectors because they are not allowed to take this waste. A ...

Dublin, Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Textile Waste Recycling Machine Market Size, Market Share, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and ...

Figures revealed that NHS providers in England produce around 156,000 tonnes of clinical waste per year, from contaminated clinical materials to hazardous chemicals and sharps*. With thousands of ...

Device makers are taking increased interest in product designs and assembly that support closed-loop recycling. A Branson plastic welding process can safely and nondestructively “unweld” plastics used ...