Biological Soft Waste. Biohazardous soft wastes are materials that are not biohazardous sharps and will not poke holes in the biohazard bags. Biohazardous soft wastes include materials such as: Petri ...

Waste Dive, the garbage and recycling publication, reported COVID-19 has left the country dealing with mountains of medical waste – much of it piled along curbs and roadsides.

Waste material from Regional Health, showing up at the Rapid City landfill instead of being taken to a different facility and in a different manner. City officials went public with the issue today.

These wastes are still considered infectious wastes. The bags must be autoclaved for the safety of the custodial workers. Autoclave tape or some other indicator must be used to show that the bag was ...