How to Safely Dispose of Coronavirus / COVID-19 Tainted Waste
- 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 treating COVID-19 patients and patients under investigation (PUI) according to routine procedures for medical waste.
On-site incineration is a safe and effective 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 and Addfield incinerators operate at 1400 – 2,000 f / 760 – 1093 c.
Incinerate items tainted with coronavirus / COVID-19 and items tainted with other contagions, hazardous waste, and non-hazardous materials at your organization, including:
- Regulated and red bag medical waste
- Other medical waste
- Bedding
- Clothing
- 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 you can dispose of in your regular waste stream. Inorganic items, such as sharps, are rendered useless and harmless.
On-site incineration is easy, cost-effective, and reduces the potential liability of 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 essential piece of your overall plan to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in your community.
Our Firelake and Addfield incinerators are easy to install with basic tools, simple to operate, and easy for your current maintenance team to maintain. They build their incinerators to run reliably and cost-effectively for many years. It’s typical for them to run dependably for one to two decades.
Discover how a few of our clients use 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 Firelake or Addfield incinerator. Now, you can provide your organization’s leadership, staff, and patients, residents, or constituents with safety and peace of mind.
Contact us today to discuss your concerns and needs with an incineration specialist.