If you routinely have medical waste in your home including dressings, boxed needles and other sharps, we can collect these from you if we have permission from your doctor.
Clinical waste collections
If you are not sure if your waste is clinical, check with your doctor.
You’ll need to contact your doctor to ask for a collection. The NHS will give you a medical waste container.
If your doctor requests a weekly collection we will empty your medical waste container every week, free of charge. Your doctor will let us know and we will arrange collection.
If your doctor says you need an ad-hoc collection, you will need to tell us when you have a medical waste container which needs emptying. Tell us by emailing our clinical waste team:
Clinical waste
We don’t collect from nursing homes or day nurseries. Talk to the property manager if you need this type of service.
Cancelling your clinical waste collection
You can cancel your collection by sending an email with your full name and address to clinicalwaste@n-somerset.gov.uk.