pharmaceutical waste disposal News
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Cost savings for healthcare estates delivered through improved waste management
GPT Waste began talks with a global hospital group with a network of over 30 hospital facilities in the UK. As part of the process, GPT Waste undertook site visits to audit the existing waste across each of the facilities. The results of the audit highlighted that several thousand tonnes of waste was being produced per year due to existing clinical waste disposal methods that were in place. ...
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Veterans administration medical center in Wichita, Kan., to pay $17,979 civil penalty to settle hazardous waste issues
The Robert J. Dole Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wichita, Kan., has agreed to pay a $17,979 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of hazardous waste violations on its campus. In addition to the civil penalty, the Veterans Administration has agreed to spend an estimated $61,900 on a supplemental environmental project to erect a hazardous waste accumulation building at ...
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NHS Supply Chain reveals sustainability benefits for NHS
40% Reductions in carbon emissions since 2008 according to NHS Supply Chain annual sustainability report, with the NHS Procurement and Efficiency Programmes aiming to deliver £2bn in savings by the end of the financial year 2015/16. The 2014 report focuses on how NHS Supply Chain is helping the NHS to reduce waste, improve due diligence around labour standards, procure sustainable and ...
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EVALED® Evaporators range expands
Veolia Water Technologies Italia, the Italian technology division of Veolia, the world leader in the supply of water, wastewater and process treatment plants and solutions, presents a new model of evaporator, the Evaled® RV F 25, with an evaporation capacity of 25 m3/day. The Evaled® RV F product line is part of the mechanical recompression evaporators, which are characterized by high ...
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EPA proposes adding hazardous pharmaceutical waste to universal waste rule
To help provide a streamlined system for disposing of hazardous pharmaceutical waste that is protective of public health and the environment, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add hazardous pharmaceutical waste to the Universal Waste Rule. The proposed rule encourages generators to dispose of pharmaceutical waste that is classified as non-hazardous under the Resource ...
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Eldo W.R.M.S., Inc., to Pay $23,900 civil penalty for hazardous waste violations at salvage goods facility in Grandview, Mo.
Eldo W.R.M.S., Inc., a commercial goods salvage wholesale and retail business, has agreed to pay a $23,900 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of hazardous waste violations at its facility in Grandview, Mo. According to an administrative consent agreement filed by EPA Region 7 in Kansas City, Mo., an EPA representative conducted a compliance evaluation inspection at the ...
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