New DHL Medical Waste Collection, Recycling, Reuse and Resale Service

Logistics firm, a part of Deutsche Post, has an end-to-end waste management service for healthcare organisations, in the UK as part of its Envirosolutions product suite. The company explained that its Managed Disposals service focuses on environmental compliance and helping businesses find the most appropriate use for their waste through recycling, reuse and resale. The new service is intended to offer healthcare organisations options ranging from revenue recovery to complete breakdown and recycling of redundant medical equipment. Managed Disposals also covers the management and removal of other waste healthcare materials including consumables, packaging, textiles, plastic and cardboard. According to DHL, its research has shown that equipment worth millions of pounds is thrown away each year, but between £2.8 million and £4.2 million could potentially be recovered through safe resale channels or donating the equipment to charities. In addition, the company said that the new service offers secure destruction and removal of disused equipment, ensuring it is disposed of in a secure, safe and ethical way. “With the public sector becoming more commercially minded, the opportunity to create additional revenue streams should be front of mind,” commented Richard Long, head of strategic products at DHL. “It is also crucial that healthcare organisations can trust their waste management partner to dispose of highly complex waste streams including equipment and hazardous materials in a safe, secure and trouble-free way,” he continued. Read More DHL Tackles Australia's Strict New WEEE Compliance Rules International logistics company, DHL has become the first organisation in Australia to be approved as a 'Co-regulatory Arrangement' with its Envirosolutions environmental services offering. Swiss Firm aims at $10.8bn Medical Waste Market with High Temperature Gasifier Pyromex has received a letter of intent to acquire the first of its nominal 5 tonne per day ultra high temperature Gasifiers for use in the disposal of medical waste. New WRAP Food Waste Report Calls for Improvements in Labelling & Packaging WRAP has published a report into how household food waste can be reduced with advice for the waste industry on how to target activity and enable customers to waste less and save money.