How to Safely Dispose of Coronavirus / COVID-19 Tainted Waste

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, medical facilities, emergency responders, and care facilities around the world are now tasked with safely disposing of materials which are or may be tainted with coronavirus, the virus which causes COVID-19.

Medical facilities including clinics, urgent care centers, and hospitals
Emergency responders including police, fire departments, and ambulances
Care homes including assisted living, long term care, and rehabilitation facilities
Quarantine sites

Guidance from the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is to manage waste generated from the treatment of COVID-19 patients and patients under investigation (PUI) according to routine procedures for medical waste.

On-site incineration is an effective and safe disposal method for all coronavirus / COVID-19 tainted materials. Our incinerators burn significantly hotter than the temperatures needed to kill coronavirus / COVID-19. Coronavirus is killed at 165 f / 74 c. Our Firelake incinerators and Addfield incinerator operate at 1400 – 2,000 f / 760 – 1093 c.

Items tainted with coronavirus / COVID-19 can be incinerated along with items tainted with other contagions, hazardous waste, and non-hazardous materials at your organization, including:

Regulated / red bag medical waste and other medical waste
Contraband
Legal drugs, illegal drugs, and drug paraphernalia
and more

Incineration renders coronavirus / COVID-19 and many other contagious diseases inert, reduces the waste volume of incinerated materials by 95%, and results in a small heap of sterile ash which can be safely disposed of in your regular waste stream. Inorganic items, such as sharps and drug paraphernalia, are rendered useless and harmless.

On-site incineration is easy, cost-effective, and reduces the potential liability associated with transporting contagious medical waste to off-site facilities. Liability for contamination during transportation or at the destination could put your organization at risk for legal claims.

Coronavirus and COVID-19 have touched every country in the world. Whether your organization is in an urban, rural, or remote location, on-site incineration can be an important piece of your overall plan to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in your community.

Our Firelake incinerators and Addfield incinerators are easy to install with basic tools, simple to operate, and easy for your current maintenance team to maintain. These incinerators are built to run reliably and cost-effectively for many, many years. It’s typical for them to run dependably for 15 to 20 years.

Discover how a few of our clients are using on-site incineration to manage waste and keep their communities safe.

If you are now concerned about safely disposing of waste tainted by coronavirus, you are not alone. You can have an effective, easy-to-use, and budget-friendly solution with on-site incineration using your own, on-site Firelake or Addfield incinerator. Now you can provide your organization’s leadership, your staff, and your patients, residents, or constituents with safety and peace-of-mind.

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