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Non-clinical waste is broken down into:
- Domestic waste
- Confidential waste
- Recyclable waste
- Glass waste
Bags that are used to dispose of waste should not be overfilled. There should be adequate room to tie a bag up at the top.
Black bag for domestic waste
- Aprons (visibly not contaminated)
- Cleaning clothes
- Flowers
- Food (check with catering)
- Gloves (visibly clean)
- Hand towels, paper
- Paper tissues (unless patient infected = orange bag)
- Plaster of paris
Green bag for confidential waste paper
- Staff records
- Letters to patients and staff
- Anything considered confidential
Note: Confidential waste in green bags is shredded. Ensure that paper is not torn as this can affect the shredding process, (paper will not easily pass through the shredder).
Blue bag for recyclable waste
- Plastic bags
- Bottles, plastic
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Plastic packing materials (must have the recycling symbol)
- Paper
- Hand towels (paper )
- If recycled waste is contaminated with food waste the whole load will potentially be spoiled and have to be land-filled.
- Do not place glass in the blue bag (use grey bag) as this is a risk to people who manually sort the waste – the load will also have to be land-filled.
Grey bag for glass waste
- Glassware, intact or broken
- Crockery, broken
- Tins
- Aerosol cans