Medical & Biohazard Waste Disposal Guides

How to identify, contain, and dispose of every regulated waste stream a healthcare or biohazard generator produces. Federal baseline plus the rules by state.

Sharps

Needles, syringes, lancets, scalpels.

Red-Bag / Biohazard Waste

Infectious red-bag waste saturated with blood or OPIM.

Pathological Waste

Human tissues, organs, and body parts.

Pharmaceutical Waste (Non-Hazardous)

Non-hazardous expired and waste drugs.

RCRA-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste

P-listed and U-listed hazardous waste drugs.

Trace Chemotherapy Waste

RCRA-empty chemotherapy containers and trace residue.

Bulk Chemotherapy Waste

Bulk and P-listed chemotherapy agents.

Dental Amalgam Waste

Mercury-bearing amalgam and separator waste.

Expired Medications

Expired medications and consumer drug take-back.

Controlled Substances

DEA-regulated controlled substance disposal.

Laboratory and PCR Waste

Cultures, stocks, and PCR and lab waste.

Dialysis Waste

Dialysis tubing, filters, and bloodlines.

Veterinary Waste

Animal carcasses and veterinary clinical waste.

Home-Generator Sharps

Self-injector sharps disposal at home.