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Hundreds of tonnes of UK hospital waste piles up including human limbs

By Âé¶¹´«Ã½ and Press Association

5 October 2018

a waste disposal bin

Not all hospital waste has been disposed of correctly

Stephen Barnes/Medical / Alamy Stock Photo

Human body parts are among hundreds of tonnes of waste from ±«°­Ìý³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³Ù²¹±ô²õ which have been allowed to pile up by disposal company Healthcare Environment Services. The company  has been found to be in breach of its permits at five sites in England which deal with clinical waste and a criminal investigation has been launched.

The (HSJ) reported that amputated limbs and pharmaceutical waste were among the matter which had not been properly disposed of. But there is “absolutely no risk” to…

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