Medical Waste Disposal Services
When it comes to proper handling and secure destruction of medical waste, Reworld™ has the experience, regulatory expertise and strong partnerships to protect people, the environment and your brand’s integrity.
Rest assured with medical waste solutions that stand up to scrutiny
In highly regulated industries like healthcare, it’s vital to have a reliable partner who can help to mitigate financial and legal risk by ensuring compliance with ever-changing, complex regulations. We’ll keep track of it all while you do what you do best.
Following strict protocols for your medical waste disposal
- Needles, syringes, lancets, scalpels, and other sharps waste
- Expired, unused, off-spec, or contaminated medications
- Pathological and infectious waste
- Reagents, solvents, disinfectants, and other lab packs and chemical waste
- Bio-hazardous and red bag waste
- Chemotherapeutic and cytotoxic waste
- Diverse hospital, dental, veterinary, and laboratory waste
- Other hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste
Expert medical waste services so you can stay focused on people’s health and well-being
Our end-to-end services can be scaled to businesses of any size, and include the auditing, collection, transportation and secure treatment, recycling, and / or destruction of waste materials. It adds up to a simplified solution that saves you time and resources while helping you meet your sustainability goals alongside your safety and compliance needs.
Secure disposal by mail
Mail-in boxes and envelopes for small quantities of medications, sharps, and other medical waste.
Collection kiosks
Kiosks feature federally compliant liners, to allow customers and patients to easily and securely dispose of unwanted drugs.
Complete documentation
Verification of adherence to required protocols, for proof that you’ve followed regulations.
Consulting services
Site audits and advisory services that help you navigate complex regulations and be confident in your safety performance and compliance.
Regulated medical waste disposal
Turnkey, scalable solutions, including waste-to-energy service for materials that require incineration.
Partnership on drug collection programs
Proven track record of working with governments and law enforcement agencies to save lives.
Did you know?
Many government bodies and law enforcement agencies have long considered Reworld™ services to be essential infrastructure, so much so that Reworld™ operations remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, helping businesses and communities across North America manage their everyday waste in addition to the unprecedented surge of medical waste during that timeframe.
Learn more about the importance of secure waste disposal
Every healthcare business generates waste, and when that waste cannot be reused, recycled or sent to a landfill, secure disposal is the optimal solution. It provides the highest level of safety, environmental friendliness and brand protection, ensuring that your operations are compliant and continue to run seamlessly.
Our closed-loop disposal process offers benefits to your healthcare business
- All healthcare waste disposal solutions are DEA/Health Canada and EPA/ECCC-compliant and align with all RCRA policies and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) standards.
- Byproducts are treated and separated into recyclable components or transformed into low-carbon fuel or renewable energy through a highly monitored, witnessed, and certified destruction process.
- Operational and environmental goals are optimized by diverting materials from landfill disposal, reducing waste and emission risks, meeting safety and compliance standards, and consistently utilizing waste materials as inputs to open new value streams – no matter their lifecycle stage.
Medical and Pharmaceutical Waste Resources
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Business Compliance Health
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How Pharmaceutical Leaders Build Resilience Through Waste
Compliance Sustainability Health
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Sustainability Risk Compliance
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Pharmaceutical Waste: The High Cost of Non-Compliance
Business Compliance Health
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Medical Waste Disposal FAQ
Medical waste disposal is the safe and compliant handling, treatment, and removal of waste generated by healthcare facilities. This includes sharps, pharmaceuticals, biohazardous materials, and other regulated waste that could pose health or environmental risks.
Some medical waste types—such as sterilized plastics, certain sharps or medication containers, unused devices, and a variety of uncontaminated packaging—can be recycled through specialized programs. Reworld™ helps healthcare providers identify recyclable waste streams and implement sustainable solutions that reduce landfill use and support ESG goals.
Medical waste must be picked up by licensed specialists and transported to permitted treatment facilities equipped to process each waste stream safely. Locations typically have some combination of autoclaving, incineration, and chemical treatment capabilities. Reworld™ operates a network of facilities and logistics solutions to manage the pickup, transportation, treatment, and final disposal of medical waste.
Medical waste disposal is essential for hospitals, dental offices, urgent care centers, long-term care facilities, surgical centers, laboratories, wellness clinics, veterinary practices, and more. Any facility that generates potentially infectious or regulated waste must follow strict disposal protocols to ensure safety and compliance.
In North America, medical waste is regulated by a combination of agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) / Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) / Health Canada (HC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) / Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), and state, province and territory health departments. Reworld™ helps healthcare providers stay compliant with all applicable regulations.
Costs vary depending on the volume and type of waste, frequency of pickup, and disposal method. Reworld™ provides custom quotes and right-sized service plans for hospitals, clinics, dental practices, senior care centers, and more—ensuring both compliance and cost efficiency.