Communial Waste Bags

Re: Communial Waste Bags

Sal the 1st — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:51:10 GMT

TBH I am not that happy about the 'alternative disposal method' (essentially landfill) used for a lot of waste now. I know about the risk of dioxins from incineration but what is worse? Maybe we should be looking at how much waste is produced in our diposable throw away world and looking at ways of minimising it - not burying it for future generations, and then you have the clinical waste that mysteriously manages to find its way into containers and is shipped abroad - not content with turning our own country into a rubbish dump we share it around with others

Re: Communial Waste Bags

am.coulson — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:15:14 GMT

I couldn't believe how waste has to be separated now. I spent a few years away from veterinary nursing, and when I left it was green for paper and household EVERYTHING else went into clinical!!!! It's second nature now, but I was shocked that it is broken down so much, we actually have a flow chart!!!

yellow/ brown = communal

red = hold

yellow/green = ind

Re: Communial Waste Bags

Sal the 1st — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:03:23 GMT

[quote user="chris beasley RVN MBVNA"]

Thats the company we use. They say we have to buy their yellow/purple bags for comminial bodies. Have yoou been asked to do this recently?

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dont use them where I work now but have used them in the past and this sounds right.

I know disposing of bodies clinical waste and other nasties isnt a pleasant job but I feel that some of these companies are turning it into a bit of a racket now!

Re: Communial Waste Bags

chris beasley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:17:39 GMT

Thats the company we use. They say we have to buy their yellow/purple bags for comminial bodies. Have yoou been asked to do this recently?

Re: Communial Waste Bags

tinydancer — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:49:01 GMT

We use a company called CPC, we have yellow bags with a black stripe for offensive waste, orange bags for our clinical waste, and yellow bags with a brownish stripe for a communal body bags,the individual have a greenish stripe, we get charged extra for sending clinical waste, sharps and xray waste

Re: Communial Waste Bags

Maisy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:05:11 GMT

Colours for crem bags do tend to vary on companies. My last practice used Summerleaze and they had various colours: green for routine, red for hold, purple for individual.

Re: Communial Waste Bags

chris beasley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:54:23 GMT

so Im I right in thinking that the colour is determined by the company?

Re: Communial Waste Bags

Sally Seddon — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:51:43 GMT

Yellow with black writing - communal

Yellow with red writing - individual

Red - do not take

Re: Communial Waste Bags

Sally Howe — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:58:36 GMT

We have for body collections:

black- communial

green- individual

red- do not take