Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems

2 February 2022 by gilstonwastemanagement

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report. The WHO Global analysis of […]

Cleansing and PPE waste at a healthcare waste management facility: RPS C1

8 September 2021 by gilstonwastemanagement

This COVID-19 regulatory position statement (RPS) applies to: waste from cleaning people or places infected, or potentially infected, with coronavirus (COVID-19) separately collected personal protective equipment (PPE) waste, for example used facemasks and gloves, from commercial premises and produced as a result of social distancing measures Waste producers are not legally required to separate PPE waste from […]

Care staff, elderly and clinically extremely vulnerable to get Covid booster from September

5 July 2021 by gilstonwastemanagement

Residents living in care homes for older people, those aged 70+, care workers and the ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ will be offered a third dose of a Covid-19 booster vaccine from September. The Covid-19 booster jab will be available as well as the annual flu vaccine from this September, health and social care secretary Sajid Javid […]

Open For Business COVID-19 Pandemic

24 May 2020 by gilstonwastemanagement

#BusinessRecovery | Under government guidelines the following ‘essential’ retail businesses are authorised to stay open: food shops including supermarkets and market stalls; pharmacies; petrol stations; home and hardware stores; garages; car rentals; pet shops; corner shops; newsagents; post offices; banks; bicycle shops; off licences; laundrettes and dry cleaners. From 13th May, garden centres may re-open. […]

What we do to prevent the spread of COVID-19

17 March 2020 by gilstonwastemanagement

Gilston Waste Management have equipment and services available, designed to provide bio-decontamination of equipment, vehicles, rooms or entire facilities. This process is called ‘fogging’ and allows us to disinfect with a hydrogen Peroxide mist. This is used primarily for hard surface disinfections, as in healthcare premises, where no soft furnishings are present. For buildings and […]