For the past decade, Rutland, Vermont-based Casella Waste Systems has partnered with Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD) to recover, process and recycle waste at more than 30 BD sites across the U.S. BD, ...

Medical device maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. is studying the feasibility of recycling syringes discarded by health care facilities and using the material to make new products. The project is an ...

BD has recycled 40,000 pounds of medical waste through a circular economy pilot project it ran with Casella Waste Systems. During the first half of the year, the collaborators assessed the feasibility ...

The Mildura Rural City Council says it is concerned about the increase in syringes and needles being found in kerbside recycling crates. The council says its recycling contractor, Mildura Bottle ...

South-east Queensland faces an emerging health risk with thousands of used syringes simply being dumped into household recycling bins, catching state and local governments by surprise. And Queensland ...

Since more than 10 Atlantic Coast Fibers employees have been pricked by illegally discarded hypodermic needles in the past six months, municipalities that the company services, such as Carlstadt, are ...

Every year people with medial conditions use 3 billion syringes to self inject. Government regulations require those syringes to be disposed of safely with companies like like Sharps Compliance, ...