Waste management officials for Ramsey and Washington counties said Monday that multiple medical facilities are improperly sending infectious waste to its recycling facility. Ramsey/Washington ...

Multiple medical facilities have been improperly disposing of bodily waste, according to Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy.

The Horry County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) landfill is among many garbage disposal sites in South Carolina. The Horry landfill is near Conway. Jason Lee [email protected] State inspectors found ...

The Medical University of South Carolina and an associated facility have been fined nearly $120,000 for dozens of infectious waste violations, including failing to protect the public from potential ...

The definition of infectious medical waste varies somewhat among state and county agencies, but generally refers to waste generated from treating medical patients. The Florida Department of ...

Officials at the Ramsey-Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport have found that several medical facilities are ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says it’s launched an investigation after the discovery of blood and human tissue at an east metro garbage hauling site. “We would see the little vials ...

Regulations imposed by federal and state agencies require that employers develop policies and procedures to address the handling, storage and disposal of infectious materials. On-the-job exposure to ...

It should be noted that nearly all of the categories of infectious waste depend upon the presence of infectious agents or the possibility of the presence of infectious agents. The exceptions to this ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is investigating how loads containing infectious human and animal waste ended up at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport. Employees at ...