Service
Sharps & hazardous waste removal
Safe collection and disposal of needles, sharps, drug paraphernalia and other hazardous materials.
Same-day attendance for publicly accessible locations
Discarded needles in a stairwell, a play area or a bin store are an immediate public health risk. They are also a visible sign that an area is not being looked after. Both problems need solving quickly.
We provide reactive single-site attendance and planned sweep programmes across estates and public spaces. Every recovery is logged with location and photograph, so your team has a defensible record of what was found and when.
What the work involves
- Systematic sweep of stairwells, bin stores, garages, landscaping and open ground
- Recovery into approved sharps containers
- Collection of other hazardous items found on site, such as clinical waste or chemical containers, for licensed disposal
- Decontamination of the surrounding area where fluid contamination is present
- Location and photographic logging of each recovery point
- Hotspot reporting to inform design-out and enforcement work
- Supply and servicing of permanent sharps bins where appropriate
Who instructs us
- Local authority public realm and parks teams
- Housing providers and estate services
- Schools, colleges and leisure operators
- Retail and commercial site managers
- Transport operators and station managers
Compliance & documentation
- Sharps consigned under EWC 18 01 03 for licensed incineration
- Other hazardous waste moved under a consignment note, to permitted facilities only
- Operatives immunised against Hepatitis B
- Needlestick injury protocol and reporting procedure in place
Related services
Need someone on site?
Our response line is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We aim to be with you within 2 hours of the scene being released.