I was advised by the District Nurse that I should not put used incontinence pads, carers rubber gloves, disposable undersheets, etc etc in our normal household waste bin, as there is a separate collection for clinical waste.
I rang the council waste department, where a very helpful young man explained that yes, they provide yellow bags for clinical waste, collected every week, at the crack of dawn. They don't provide a bin, but apparently foxes and other wild life won't go anywhere near the yellow bags.
They provided me with two yellow bags, and from then on, they will replace how many you use with the same number of empty bags. I stick them in an old crate, at the end of the drive on a Wednesday night, and usually they've been collected by the time I get up in the morning.
I didn't need any referral from anybody. It is a free service, paid for from the council tax.
Well worth just trying ringing up your council waste department and asking about clinical waste collections.
Good luck
I rang the council waste department, where a very helpful young man explained that yes, they provide yellow bags for clinical waste, collected every week, at the crack of dawn. They don't provide a bin, but apparently foxes and other wild life won't go anywhere near the yellow bags.
They provided me with two yellow bags, and from then on, they will replace how many you use with the same number of empty bags. I stick them in an old crate, at the end of the drive on a Wednesday night, and usually they've been collected by the time I get up in the morning.
I didn't need any referral from anybody. It is a free service, paid for from the council tax.
Well worth just trying ringing up your council waste department and asking about clinical waste collections.
Good luck