Commercial waste - clinical waste disposal
Collection and disposal of clinical waste as identified in by central government in Safe Disposal of Clinical Waste (Health Services Advisory Committee 1999). This includes items such as surgical waste, used syringes, drugs and pharmaceuticals.
Common Questions
- I have a wood burning stove. How can I dispose of the ashes?
- Is it possible to have our black bin emptied during a green bin week?
- Are there any plans for Harborough to recycle plastics?
- Can I recycle greetings cards in either my green wheeled bin or blue newspaper recycling box ?
- What are the opening times of the tip?
- What about smells, bugs, germs, vermin and flies?
- I don't think I will have room for the new food waste bins.
- Our food waste bin was not emptied on our usual collection day. I understood these were to be weekly collections.
- I have an old shed that I want to take down. The roof has sheets of corrugated asbestos cement. What is the best way to dispose of this? Would the council take this way?
- Can I put food waste in my compost bin?
- Our bin collections on the blue calendar suggest that our black bin is due to be emptied on Friday, 2nd April, however, this is Good Friday so I would not expect normal collections to take place. Will our black bin be emptied on Friday and if not, when will it be emptied?
- What happens to the food waste collected?
- What's wrong with throwing waste food in with the rubbish?
- I don't think my food waste bin will be big enough.
Further Information
Customer Services
Email: customer.services@harborough.gov.uk
Telephone: 01858 82 82 82
Fax: 01858 82 10 00
Council Offices, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire , LE16 7AG