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What is Stericycle? ...and what does it have to do with me?
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Stericycle incinerators burn 21-27 million pounds of medical
waste in Haw River, NC every year. Stericycle trucks it in
from the eastern half of the United States. See the maps.
That's a lot of burning. But incineration of medical waste? How does that connect to me?
Some big questions. The answers may surprise you. For starters, check out the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Stericycle's Haw River
incinerators
Incinerator facts and safety
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- Stericycle, Inc. . . .the largest medical
waste treatment company in the United States
- * 2009 revenues of $1.18 billion
- * Incinerators at Haw River, NC may be among the largest in the United States (Health Care WIthout Harm document)
- * Stericycle uses Haw River, NC for it's eastcoast regional incinerators
- Where does this medical waste come from?
- * Health care facilities in as many as 24 states, plus Washington DC, and Puerto Rico [1]
- * North Carolina health care facilities send 53-63% of the medical waste (average= 62%) [2]
- How much gets burned?
- * 58-74 thousand pounds per day [3]
- * That's 21-27 million pounds per year [4]
- * Stericycle's Title V air permit allows them to increase these amounts up to 91.7 thousand pounds
per day
- * That totals 33.4+ million pounds per year
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| "What is the right thing? Simply put, it is the elimination of all incineration of medical waste not
required by law to be burned."
Martha Hamblin, GASP, at Stericyle Annual Stockholder Meeting
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1,2,3,4 NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Division of Waste Management. Incinerator Annual Reports 7/1/2000 - 6/30/2008 for Stericycle, Inc.
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