What is sanitary waste?
Known as a type of “offensive/hygiene waste” (owing to the idea that it can be offensive in appearance and smell), sanitary waste includes:
- Human and animal waste (faeces)
- Catheter and stoma bags
- Incontinence pads
- Sanitary waste
- Nappies
- Nasal secretions
- Sputum
- Condoms
- Urine
- Vomit and soiled human bedding from a non-infectious source
- Disposable medical and veterinary equipment (such as gowns)
- Plasters used in minor first aid or self care
- Non-healthcare waste (such as from piercings or tattoos – not including sharps)
Commercial and industrial waste is classified as “controlled waste”, including sanitary waste. As a result, it is perfectly acceptable for your main, everyday waste to have a proportion of feminine hygiene waste included.
It is recommended that you use a specialist company such as First Class Cleaning services to collect feminine hygiene and washroom waste. It is, however, important to know that any controlled waste must only be transferred to a waste carrier registered with NEMA.
The waste management company you use to collect your commercial waste has to be registered as a waste carrier in exactly the same way as any specialist sanitary bin service collector.
Handling feminine hygiene waste
However, when sanitary waste is handled in bulk and collected as a “separate fraction” by contract service collection companies.
It then needs to be handled as “offensive waste” which then has more rules around its final disposal.
This may sound confusing, but the key here is about the amount of feminine hygiene waste being handled. Many businesses choose to use a waste disposal contractor (or add on to their existing commercial waste disposal contracts).
They can provide clean and safe sanitary waste bins and handle all disposal and changeovers, avoiding the need for cleaning staff to have to handle it.
Sanitary disposal bins
First class cleaning services is a licensed waste management company, handling a range of commercial and specialist waste. We do sanitary disposal bins services for organizations and offices in Nairobi, Kisumu, Eldoret, Kakamega Kenya
What we,ll do
Commercial sanitary waste disposal can free you up to get on with running your business, knowing your legal obligations are fulfilled by our experienced nationwide experts.
We’ll start by completing an assessment at your premises, before working to provide the right bins and collecting and disposing of the waste in a timely and responsible fashion.
Contact us on 0721867339 or email sales@firstclasscleaning.co.ke
