We provide information, advice and free disposal service for clinical waste from private households.
Clinical waste collections are carried out by a separate collection crew to your household collection, as follows:
- Sharp instruments i.e. needles, etc. are collected on the first Thursday of the month
- Clinical waste that is hazardous, infectious and communicable to others are collected weekly, on Thursdays
Clinical waste must not be placed with your normal waste, it should be stored in special yellow clinical waste bags, which must be tied/sealed prior to collection. Sharps boxes are provided free of charge for domestic residents, which you can order here.
Non-hazardous clinical/medical waste can be collected as part of the normal domestic waste collection, i.e., it can be placed in your wheeled bin. It can only be considered hazardous due to certain medical conditions, whether there is a risk of the transmission of a communicable disease or by the type of waste, e.g., hypodermic needles.
You can apply for this service by downloading an application form and returning the form to the Streetscene Department emailing streetscenes@burnley.gov.uk, or you can request a form to be posted out by calling 01282 425011 or emailing the above.
