MERI’s Free Nursing Home Compliance Review helps facilities see if they are properly disposing of their infectious and hazardous waste. With additional enforcement on proper infectious and hazardous waste disposal, nursing home compliance is critical. If a DNR...
Safely disposing dental amalgam is important now more than ever. Throughout the country, dentists handle about one to two pounds of amalgam each year, mainly in the form of old silver-colored fillings removed from teeth. In Wisconsin, you can not flush amalgam waste...
When someone calls to check out our medical or biohazard disposal services, they immediately ask, “What’s it going to cost?” That depends on a couple of answers. Specifically, it depends on things like what, and how much, material we are going to collect. Is it...
Are you prepared it an accident occurs in your industrial plant? A medical waste mailback kit helps clean up after a minor industrial accident. And, it provides documentation so that you can record everything was not only cleaned up but also properly disposed. Click...
Learn how to easily track, properly handle and affordably dispose your biohazard or infectious waste. Download Your Free Infectious Waste Compliance Guide...
We often write about how convenient the medical waste mail back system is for small waste generators. But what you might not realize is just how versatile the system is. Getting the most out of a medical mail back kit comes down to selecting the right container for...
When it comes to medical waste disposal, we know that change can be uncomfortable. But what if it could save you time and money? Disposing your medical waste through the mail is fully compliant. Plus, it’s a time-saving alternative for small waste generators who...
How did one medical center reduce its annual waste disposal cost by $19,000? It began recycling its surgical blue wrap, a material that wraps around surgical tools. Here’s how recycling your blue wrap can increase your sustainability efforts and save you money. Blue...
We hear the same question from infectious waste generators over and over again: How can I be a more compliant generator and find affordable infectious waste disposal? It’s a big question that requires a comprehensive answer. That’s why MERI has put together a “Guide...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources inspectors say some chemical hazardous waste generators aren’t submitting a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest for their chemical waste. We’ll try to help by clarifying exactly what these manifests are. We’ll also...
