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SMDSA doubles Membership in 12 months
Since publication of Issue 3, the number of members joining the The Sanitary Medical Disposal Services Association has doubled. In part this has been due to the SMDSA’s active stance over the Governments’ U-turn on rigid containers which resulted in a flood of calls from non-members wanting advice and information, but increasingly, recognition by each of the various government departments that SMDSA had ‘come of age’ and now carried the voice of the industry, representing 98% of the UK’s clinical waste incineration capacity, over 200 clinical and hygiene waste transfer stations...
No truth in the rumour !
As we approach the end of the five year derogation for the transport of clinical waste, rumours have recently been circulating that a further extension had been agreed. SMDSA’s members and the industry in general have spent millions of pounds in design, development, testing, and purchase/production of containers and vehicles to ensure that full compliance is achieved before the deadline.
The SMDSA have sought clarification from both HSE and DTLR. The following extract from a statement by DTLR was issued at the end of June:
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SMDSA welcomes 3 new members to the Association:
Cliniserve Ltd
Operating throughout the South, Cliniserve Ltd has grown rapidly during the past 3 years. The company specialises in hygiene services and collection and disposal of clinical, ‘sanpro’ and pharmaceutical wastes.
S. Grundon Ltd
Founded in 1929 S. Grundon (Waste) Ltd is the largest privately owned waste management group in Britain. In addition to recycling and recovery facilities, collection, and landfill operations, the company operates collection and high temperature incineration facilities for clinical waste.
NHS Estates
The SMDSA has granted NHS Estates Honourary membership as part of an initiative for closer
...Rexam launches flatpak UN container
DISPOSAflatPAK has been developed by Rexam as a safe cost effective and legal means of collecting and transporting clinical waste by road. DISPOSAflatPAK is presented in space saving flat pack form, is quick and simple to assemble, sequentially numbered and barcoded for delivery and collection trace ability and is used with a purpose designed freestanding/wall mounted stand. (see picture in main article).
