Household clinical waste

This page describes the household clinical waste collection scheme available in the borough of Oadby and Wigston.

Clinical waste

Residential clinical waste is infectious waste produced by residential homes, nursing homes and private households.

Examples of clinical waste include:-

1. human or animal tissue,
2. blood or other bodily fluids,
3. excretions,
4. drugs or other pharmaceutical products,
5. swabs or dressings and
6. syringes, needles or other sharp instruments.

Removal of clinical waste

There is no charge for the removal of clinical waste from domestic properties. We will collect clinical waste such as sharps and needles that are placed in a sharps box. Your surgery or local health centre should provide you with the boxes.

Please note, we will only collect boxes with yellow or orange lids, provided by your surgery or local health centre.

If you have a medical condition which generates other waste such as dressings, swabs and materials containing bodily fluids, you should contact your local surgery. They will contact us to make the collection arrangements.

Request a clinical waste collection

To arrange a clinical waste collection for sharps and needles, contact client services using the contact panel on the left. You will need to provide:-

• your name, address and telephone number,
• type of waste and
• number of boxes to be collected.

For all other clinical waste materials, please contact your health centre or surgery. They will contact us and provide the following information:-

• patient name, address and telephone number,
• type of waste to be collected,
• number of yellow bags and
• frequency of collection.

To report a syringe or drug related item found in a public area please contact Client Services.