Clinical Waste

For use by healthcare, clinical and specialist waste collection companies, Cromwell Polythene’s UN accredited clinical waste sacks ensure compliance with European legislation for the collection, transport and disposal of appropriate wastes, as detailed in the European Waste Catalogue (EWC) classification 18 01 – wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans.

Clinical waste for alternative treatment or incineration is classified as Dangerous Goods, sacks for clinical waste must be certified to meet the UN packages standard and be marked with a valid certification mark which identifies the type of waste, design weight, year of manufacture, and certificate holder. The Vehicle Certification Agency is the UK authority for the issue of certificates for Approved Dangerous Goods Packagings, a register of certifications can be found here:  https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/dangerous-goods/dangerous-goods-packaging/packaging-approvals-database/