Domestic clinical waste

Domestic clinical waste collection service

A free domestic clinical waste collection service is available.

Adur & Worthing Council Services offer a free weekly clinical waste collection for domestic properties. We can collect:

Bandages
Incontinence Pads
Needles
Stoma bags
Sharps

but ...

No Nappies - see nappies below

All of these items must not be put in your normal household waste or taken to tips (household waste recycling sites).

Clinical Waste is collected weekly on a set day and we can provide you a sharps box or bag as required which we will replace each week when we collect your clinical waste.

Please contact us using the details to the right to find out about, or check, your collection day.

Apply for clinical waste collection service

To receive a clinical waste collection, collection day information or general enquiries please contact us using the details to the right.

Nappies - Real Nappy Initiative

Modern cloth nappies are less expensive and good for your baby as well as being environmentally friendly:

about eight million disposable nappies are thrown away every day in the UK
most of these end up being buried in landfill sites
we all have to pay for this waste to be disposed of
it is becoming more expensive as we run out of holes to fill

Good for your baby

Modern cloth nappies have come a long way since the old-style terry that required lots of pinning. They are available now in a wide range of sizes and styles and are shaped, fitted and fasten easily without the need for pins.

Great for your pocket

You could save up to £500 per child by using washable nappies. They have biodegradable liners which can be flushed down the toilet and the nappies can be washed in a normal washing machine, with no boiling or scrubbing necessary.

Excellent for our environment

Disposable nappies make up approximately five per cent of all household rubbish. In West Sussex, we are throwing away 77,000 disposable nappies every day. Almost all nappy waste is buried in landfill sites, producing methane which is a powerful greenhouse gas.

Find out more ...

For information and advice about nappies and reducing their impact on the environment see:

Domestic clinical waste