In this Waste360 Q&A, Kristin Aldred discusses existing rules around home healthcare waste disposal and gaps in regulation ...

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan has launched a program to distribute medication disposal kits to Medicare Advantage members. More than 11,000 kits will be distributed in ...

Mailed opioid disposal kits led to 60 percent of patients who had leftover opioid pain pills properly disposing of them after surgeries, according to a new study by researchers at the Perelman School ...

WISCONSIN (WDJT) -- A new bill introduced in the state Legislature would require women to collect their abortion waste. Rep. Lindee Brill says she believes abortion waste is contaminating our water, ...

The very materials protecting us from COVID-19 infection over the last year could ultimately cause long-term harm to public health and the planet. Growing quietly in the background amid the chaos to ...

The COVID pandemic is not just a public health crisis. It is also an environmental one. After more than 430 million reported cases of the disease around the world, the pandemic has generated huge ...

Discarded syringes, old test kits and used vaccine vials have strained waste management systems and are threatening people’s health and the environment. By Adeel Hassan A new report from the World ...