Medical Waste |
As air quality standards have become more stringent, previously unregulated medical waste incinerators are being shut down due to the high cost of maintenance, the growing concerns of increasing levels of CO2, NOx and CO from emissions, and the prohibitive cost of retrofitting incinerators to meet pollution standards. This incinerator-related "backlash" has already occurred in the United States, causing a large number of incinerators to be decommissioned and shut down. Remediation Earth Inc.'s technology is designed to process "Red bag" and sharps waste. A large portion of all medical/hospital waste is comprised of red bag waste and sharps. Red bag waste includes contaminated bandages, dressings, cotton, gauze, paper, gowns, bedding, latex gloves, masks, suction canisters and sponges. Sharps includes contaminated needles, syringes, syringes containing fluids, scalpels, glass test tubes, pipettes and petri dishes. The Figure below provides a description of how a medical waste system employing REI technologies might operate.
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