Several beaches in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal have been closed for clean up after several loads of medical waste washed up on shores. According to eThekwini Municipality, uMngeni/Mangrove, Beachwood, Virginia and Glenashley beaches have been temporarily...
The Department of Environmental Affairs has confirmed that the Green Scorpions executed a search warrant at the Solid Waste Technologies’ City Deep processing facility. The search warrant, which was executed on Monday, followed an inspection...
An illegal medical waste storage facility has been uncovered in Bloemfontein. Two individuals, including a prominent pathologist, have been arrested in connection. The medical waste found at the site ranges from anatomical to pharmaceutical waste...
Medical waste was found washed up on uMhlanga beach last week. The waste included used drip bags, a soiled nappy, sanitary wipes and syringe caps. According to Deputy head of the Parks, Leisure and Cemeteries Department Christo Swart, the medical...
by Sherwin Naicker, director, Cecor Allied Technologies On 3 June 2013, Cecor Allied Technologies became the first commercial autoclave treatment facility to process non-anatomical health care risk waste (HCRW) in Gauteng. This type of autoclave...
Compliance and enforcement are the biggest challenges facing the medical waste/health-care risk waste industry, Stan Jewaskiewitz, past president of IWMSA, tells Chantelle Mattheus. Fundamentally, the medical waste (health-care risk waste – HCRW)...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa is hosting, along with the Health Care Waste Forum Southern Africa, the 3rd Biennial Health Care Waste Summit & Expo on the 15 to 17 May 2013 at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg. The Health...
State and private hospitals in the capital will soon be provided with a modern Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW) treatment facility to cater for medical waste. Public Participation Consultant of Matrix Consulting Services, Chris Ailonga told Nampa on...
Shocking illegal disposal statistics calls for urgent paradigm shift Waste management in developing countries performs poorly and the disposal issues surrounding South Africa’s medical waste industry is no exception. The one reason why waste...
