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Waste Disposal

Far too confusing?!

As you can how see the number of potentially different waste streams can be very complex.

With this complexity comes confusion (and non-compliance).

So...

In order to reduce the number of waste streams which are presented to the user - potentially - lower level waste can be disposed of in a higher level system.

Whilst this is going to be more expensive, it is sometimes used to reduce the complexity of the number of different levels.

Domestic Waste Sharps Waste Clinical Waste
 Black Bag
 Recycling
 Food
 Glass
 Confidential (i.e. shredding)
 Cardboard
 Office Paper
 Green Lid Sharps Bin
 Purple Lid Sharps Bin
 Orange Lid Sharps Bin
 Yellow Lid Sharps Bin
 Yellow Bag
 Orange Bag

 Cytotoxics
 Offensive Waste
 Radioactive
 Dental
 Medicines