Household clinical waste

Woking Borough Council provides a free service for the collection of household clinical waste for residents treating themselves in their own home. People living independently within a housing complex are also eligible for collections.

Household clinical waste items include:

• dressings

• catheter bags

• incontinence bags

• stoma bags

• needles

Users of the clinical waste collection service will receive free sacks or sharps boxes, depending on the nature of the waste. Replacement containers will be left following each collection. Address labels will also be provided.

Guidelines for the household clinical waste collection service

• Containers should be presented for collection by 6.30am on your clinical waste collection day.

• The agreed collection area must be accessible and unlocked. This will be confirmed when joining the service.

• Sacks and sharps boxes must be tightly sealed and clearly labeled with an address label.

• Clinical waste must be separated from normal domestic waste.

• Sacks must weigh no more than 10 kgs.

• Replacement sacks and / or sharps boxes and address labels will be left after each collection.

The Council is able to charge for the collection of household clinical waste. However, the charge for private homes is waived at present.

Other clinical waste producers, such as hospitals and nursing homes, will need to make arrangements for the collection and disposal of their waste by contacting a private waste collection company.

To arrange a collection, request more containers or address labels please contact Customer Services on 01483 755855.