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==Treatment of Healthcare Waste== | ==Treatment and Disposal of Healthcare Waste== | ||
With regard to the table above, it can be seen that there are options for '''incineration''' and '''alternative treatment'''. With regard to any treatment process, it must demonstrate that Healthcare Waste is 'rendered safe'. 'Rendered safe' means: | With regard to the table above, it can be seen that there are options for '''incineration''' and '''alternative treatment'''. For incineration, Healthcare Waste will normally be incinerated in a [[High Temperature Incinerator]] or dedicated [[Clinical Waste Incinerator]]. Some [[Residual Waste EFW]] incinerators are able to dispose of specific Clinical Waste streams, and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the [[EA]] has published a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS23) clarifying the circumstances where COVID-19 waste can be incinerated with Municipal Waste Waste ([[MSW]]) until July 2021. <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23#conditions-you-must-comply-with RPS C23]</ref> | ||
With regard to any treatment process, it must demonstrate that Healthcare Waste is 'rendered safe'. 'Rendered safe' means: | |||
* demonstrates the ability to reduce the number of infectious organisms present in the waste to a level at which no additional precautions are needed to protect workers or the public against infection from the waste; | * demonstrates the ability to reduce the number of infectious organisms present in the waste to a level at which no additional precautions are needed to protect workers or the public against infection from the waste; | ||
* destroys anatomical waste such that it is no longer generally recognisable; | * destroys anatomical waste such that it is no longer generally recognisable; | ||
* renders all | * renders all Clinical Waste (including any equipment and sharps) unusable and unrecognisable as Clinical Waste; | ||
* destroys the component chemicals of chemical or medicinal and medicinally-contaminated waste. | * destroys the component chemicals of chemical or medicinal and medicinally-contaminated waste. | ||