Some assume that treating/disposing pharmaceutical waste as biohazardous waste is the appropriate thing to do, but that’s not the case. Biohazardous waste is sterilized to remove the infectious potential and then delivered to a landfill for final disposal. When you dispose of pharmaceutical waste with biohazardous waste, it will ultimately end up in a landfill and seep into our water supply (or end up in surface water). Because of this, pharmaceutical waste needs to be segr

CERS Guide for an Existing Business Generating Medical Waste One of the most frequently asked questions that we get is, "What is CERS?". Businesses in San Diego County generating medical waste must apply and maintain a Unified Program Facility Permit (UPFP) which is now required to be updated on-line through the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS). In order to help medical offices be in compliance with the electronic reporting mandate and to ease their burden of

The Administrative Control Board of the Washington County Solid Waste Special Service District #1 learned that the state of Utah allows up to 200 pounds of untreated medical waste could dumped in the landfill, the reaction were varied and passionate. A Utah based medical waste processing company decried both the public hazards of such practices, as well as the unfairness of transporters taking advantage of the loophole. Policy makers who were equally concerned, expressed worr