Stericycle incinerators burn 22+ million pounds of medical
waste in
Haw River, NC every year. Stericycle trucks it in
from the eastern half of the United States.
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 links below:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Stericycle Haw River
Incinerators - 'read this first' (pdf)
Watch the UTube
video "Burning Issues in Medical Waste"
(Video largely about Stericycle in Haw River, NC and
produced by Healthcare
without Harm).
Incinerator safety
Quick snapshot
- Stericycle, Inc. . . .the largest medical
waste treatment company in the United States
- * 2007 revenues of $932.8 million
- * Incinerators at Haw River, NC among the largest in the United States
- * Stericycle uses Haw River, NC for it's eastcoast regional incinerators
- Where does this medical waste come from?
- * Healthcare facilities in as many as 24 states, plus Washington DC, and Puerto Rico [1]
- * North Carolina healthcare facilities send 53-63% of the medical waste [2]
- How much gets burned?
- * 59-73 thousand pounds per day [3]
- * That's 22-25 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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