Mar 09 2021 Read 600 Times
New environmentally friendly facility adds clinical waste processing capacity to support the NHS and other healthcare providers through the COVID-19 crisis while protecting people, promoting health and safeguarding the environment.
Stericycle UK, a leading provider of clinical waste and secure information destruction services, today announced it has opened an alternative treatment plant in Telford, Shropshire, to process clinical waste generated in the United Kingdom, including testing materials, sharps, hospital waste, and, in some cases, personal protective equipment (PPE) created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stericycle UK processes clinical waste collected from NHS trusts and other hospitals, pharmacies, care homes, dental practices and laboratories across the U.K. The new Telford plant, staffed by over 60 people, will increase the speed, efficiency and sustainability of this processing by using the latest technologies to steam-treat clinical waste,