Veterinary Waste Disposal
Our end-to-end solutions remove the complexities of managing your veterinary waste disposal, allowing you to focus on animal wellbeing and deliver uninterrupted customer care.
Stericycle helps veterinary practices stay compliant with regulations while protecting your team, patients, and the environment. Our tailored solutions ensure safe and effective management of sharps, clinical waste, bagged waste and more - allowing you to focus on providing exceptional care.
Our durable, eco-friendly containers support your sustainability goals and we’ll support your teams with practical guides and training resources to simplify waste segregation and ensure compliance with regulations.
Whether you're a local clinic offering routine exams or an animal hospital handling complex treatments and emergencies, we understand the unique challenges you face. From managing diverse waste streams to keeping up with compliance, our services are designed to support your practice every step of the way.
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Contact us today using our quote form to find out more about our sustainable and compliant veterinary waste solutions.
Veterinary waste refers to any type of clinical waste generated by the practice of veterinary medicine, including used medical supplies, body fluids, and materials that may have meet hazardous substances.
Proper management of veterinary waste is important for the safety of those handling it and for the protection of the environment and public health. This often involves specialised equipment, trained personnel, and compliance with local regulations.
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Veterinary Waste Management Simplified
Compliant Disposal Solutions for All Types of Veterinary Waste
At Stericycle, our commitment to sustainability and compliance is at the core of our ability to handle waste for veterinary practices of all sizes. Our tailored services enable the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of all types of veterinary waste:
Sharps containers
Our range of sharps containers offer safe and compliant collection and disposal services for your waste. Available in sizes ranging from 1–22.5 litres.
Orange bags
We provide orange bags for infectious or potentially infectious soft clinical waste contaminated with blood/bodily fluids, such as dressings, swabs, wipes, gloves, gowns, masks, aprons and blood bags.
Blue and red sealed units
Our safe and simple sealed containers for blue waste, including non-hazardous medicines, out-of-date stock, and red lid for all types of anatomical waste. In sizes, 30 and 50L.
Tiger waste bags
We provide tiger waste bags for offensive waste such as PPE, dressings & bandages contaminated with non-infectious body fluids.
Why Stericycle?
Your single nationwide provider
With 19 facilities and a fleet of over 320 trucks, Stericycle ensures seamless, expert waste management across the UK, prioritising safety, sustainability and compliance.
Your sustainability partner
Our sustainable solutions and services helped customers divert 46 thousand tonnes of plastics from landfills and treat 590 thousand tonnes of medical waste during 2023, reducing environmental impact.
Your end-to-end solution
Stericycle manages every aspect of clinical waste in-house, from collection to disposal. We offer complete peace of mind with traceability throughout the entire process whilst ensuring regulatory compliance.
Recommended Waste Disposal Solutions for Veterinary Clinics and Animal Hospitals
Our solutions offer a variety of safe, secure, and compliant container options for the following types of waste generated in your facility.
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Sharps Waste
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Anatomical Waste
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Pharmaceutical Waste
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Infectious Waste
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Offensive Waste
Sharps Waste
Example sharps include:
- medical lances
- anaesthetic needles
- scalpels and blades
- laparascopes
Anatomical Waste
Anatomical waste includes body parts and all human and animal tissue including:
- Organs
- Bones
- Limbs
- Digits
Pharmaceutical Waste
Example pharmaceutical waste includes:
- vaccine bottles
- empty injection bottles
- syringes
- whole medicines
Infectious Waste
Example infectious waste includes:
- contaminated dressings
- disposable gowns,
- clinical gloves
- contaminated PPE
Offensive
Example offensive waste includes:
- disposable masks, aprons, gloves and overshoes
- swabs and absorbant pads
- animal faeces
- animal bedding
Sharps Waste
Example sharps include:
- medical lances
- anaesthetic needles
- scalpels and blades
- laparascopes
Anatomical Waste
Anatomical waste includes body parts and all human and animal tissue including:
- Organs
- Bones
- Limbs
- Digits
Pharmaceutical Waste
Example pharmaceutical waste includes:
- vaccine bottles
- empty injection bottles
- syringes
- whole medicines
Infectious Waste
Example infectious waste includes:
- contaminated dressings
- disposable gowns,
- clinical gloves
- contaminated PPE
Offensive
Example offensive waste includes:
- disposable masks, aprons, gloves and overshoes
- swabs and absorbant pads
- animal faeces
- animal bedding
What is Veterinary Waste?
Veterinary waste includes all clinical waste produced during veterinary care, such as used medical supplies, body fluids, and materials that may have come into contact with hazardous substances.
Proper management of this waste is essential to ensure the safety of your staff, protect the environment and public health. It requires specialised equipment, trained personnel, and strict adherence to regulations to ensure compliance and minimise risk.
The Main Types of Veterinary waste
There are several main types of veterinary waste, these can include:
Sharps Waste
This category includes used needles, syringes, and other medical instruments that are sharp or potentially puncturing.
Body Fluids and Tissues
This includes veterinary waste such as blood, urine and other bodily fluids and tissues that may have meet infectious agents or other hazardous substances.
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Waste
This category includes waste such as unused or expired medications, as well as chemicals used in the cleaning and sterilisation of medical equipment.
The proper management of these different types of veterinary waste is important to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases and protect the health and safety of people, animals and the environment.
How We Help
There are strict compliance requirements around animal healthcare waste. It must be correctly segregated, appropriately labelled and packaged for transport, stored safely in a secure place and described accurately on all documentation.
We know that you didn’t choose a career in animal care to focus on the complexities of waste management - that’s our passion!
