Our dental waste disposal services
Dental waste disposal across the UK: amalgam, sharps, infectious and offensive waste, X-ray chemicals and old stock, collected with the right paperwork every time.
Amalgam and mercury waste disposal for dental practices
Amalgam waste disposal is the collection of waste amalgam, used capsules, amalgam separator contents and extracted teeth with amalgam fillings, which are hazardous waste under List of Wastes code 18 01 10* because of their mercury content. It is needed by any practice that places or removes amalgam fillings. In the UK it typically costs £20 to £50 per container, with a hazardous waste consignment note for each collection.
Dental sharps and anaesthetic cartridge disposal
Dental sharps disposal covers needles, part-used local anaesthetic cartridges, burs, scalpel blades, matrix bands, endodontic files and broken instruments, collected in the correct colour-lidded sharps containers. Sharps contaminated with medicines such as part-used cartridges go in yellow-lidded containers for incineration, and purely non-medicinal sharps can go in orange-lidded containers. In the UK, sharps container collections typically cost £8 to £25 per container.
Dental infectious and offensive waste collection
Dental infectious and offensive waste collection covers soft clinical waste from patient care: infectious waste in orange bags, sent for treatment or incineration, and non-infectious offensive waste such as gloves, bibs, masks and aprons in yellow-and-black tiger bags. It is needed by every dental practice. In the UK it typically costs £5 to £25 per bag or bin, with offensive waste usually much cheaper to dispose of than infectious waste.
Dental X-ray chemical and lead foil disposal
Dental X-ray chemical disposal is the collection of used fixer and developer from wet film processing, which are hazardous waste under List of Wastes codes 09 01 04* and 09 01 01* and must never go down the drain. It also covers lead foils from intra-oral film packets and old processing equipment. In the UK it typically costs £20 to £45 per chemical container, with silver usually recovered from the fixer.
Dental medicines and gypsum waste disposal
Dental medicines and gypsum disposal covers out-of-date, part-used and returned medicines, collected in pharmaceutical waste containers for incineration, and plaster and gypsum models, which are kept separate from general waste. It suits any practice clearing expired stock, emergency drugs or study models. In the UK, a pharmaceutical or gypsum container collection typically costs around £15 to £45 per container.
Dental practice clear-outs, refits and closures
A dental practice clear-out is a one-off collection of accumulated and unusual waste when a practice refits, merges, closes, changes owner or switches to digital X-ray, covering old chemicals, expired stock, amalgam, sharps, medicines, gypsum and old equipment. It suits practice owners, buyers and refit contractors. In the UK a one-off clear-out typically costs £150 to £500, depending on what is removed.