Waste Management in Healthcare
This page is about how you create safer, cleaner healthcare environments with tailored waste handling solutions.
Smarter waste solutions for healthcare
Healthcare facilities, from hospitals and clinics to care homes and pharma labs, generate large volumes of waste every day. Much of this is recyclable, but without the right systems in place, it ends up costing more and creating clutter.
Mil-tek helps healthcare professionals reduce waste volume, protect hygiene standards, and free up time for the important tasks instead of waste handling.
✅ Request a tailored waste consultation
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✅ Explore our compact, easy-to-use solutions
→ Browse all balers & compactors
Addressing the realities of healthcare waste
In healthcare environments, there’s a common misconception that all waste is hazardous. In reality, a significant portion of medical waste, such as cardboard, plastics, and sterile wrap, is clean, dry, and fully recyclable.
Yet, due to strict operational protocols and limited infrastructure, this recyclable waste often ends up being treated as clinical. This creates several problems for healthcare facilities:
- Recyclables wrongly treated as hazardous increasing disposal costs
- Overflowing bins and cluttered workspaces due to inefficient segregation
- Long and frequent trips to external waste collection points
- Valuable staff time spent on avoidable waste handling tasks
Safer and cleaner waste management in hospitals and clinics
Mil-tek balers and compactors are ideal for sensitive environments where safety and hygiene is paramount.
With compact footprints, enclosed design, and low-noise operation, our machines are ideal for hospitals, clinics, and sterile zones – ensuring cleanliness and minimal disruption.
Waste Management Solutions for Hospitals, Clinics, Care Homes etc.
Book a free waste audit to uncover the most efficient waste strategy for your facility.
Or explore our range of balers and compactors, built for clean, recyclable healthcare waste like cardboard, plastics, and sterile wrap.
Where it all starts: Easy waste segregation for healthcare
Proper waste sorting at the source is key to reducing handling time, improving recycling rates, and cutting general waste costs in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Mil-tek’s Infinity system makes it simple: with colour-coded bins that can be wall-mounted or floor-standing, placed exactly where waste is generated.
Compact cardboard and packaging waste in healthcare
Installing compact balers lets you bale material like cardboard and packaging waste on-site instead of filling bulky bins.
Baling frees up floor space, cuts haulage costs, and often qualifies for low- or no-cost pickups because tightly packed cardboard meet recyclers’ specs, have resale value, and allow haulers to transport more in each trip.
See recommended balers below:
A102 Vertical Baler
Usage:
Cardboard & Plastic
Power:
Pneumatic, 2,5 tonnes pressing force
Key Attributes:
- • Up to 100 kg bales
- • 90 % compaction
- • 0.45m² footprint
- • Ergonomic working height
A205 Vertical Baler
Usage:
Cardboard & Plastic
Power:
Pneumatic, 2,5 tonnes pressing force
Key Attributes:
- • Up to 120 kg bales
- • 90 % compaction
- • 0.45 m² footprint
- • Adjustable bale size
A406 Vertical Baler
Usage:
Cardboard & Plastic
Power:
Pneumatic, 8 tonnes pressing force
Key Attributes:
- • Up to 225 kg bales
- • 90 % compaction
- • 1 m² footprint
- • Wide chamber for larger materials
Plastic waste and sterile plastic wrap
Plastic waste and specifically sterile plastic wrap is a high-volume, clean waste stream in hospitals. Handling it can be a major challenge.
By baling this soft plastic into dense, transport-ready bundles, facilities can turn tons of loose wrap into compact loads – freeing space, time, and lowering haulage costs significantly.
See recommended balers below:
A305 Vertical Baler
Usage:
Cardboard & Plastic
Power:
Pneumatic, 4 tonnes pressing force
Key Attributes:
- • Up to 175 kg bales
- • 90 % compaction
- • 0.85 m² footprint
- • Automated bale-out
A509 Vertical Baler
Usage:
Cardboard & Plastic
Power:
Pneumatic, 4 tonnes pressing force
Key Attributes:
- • Up to 300 kg bales
- • 90 % compaction
- • 1.5 m² footprint
- • Adjustable bale size
E319 Vertical Baler
Usage:
Cardboard & Plastic
Power:
Electric, 15 tonnes pressing force
Key Attributes:
- • Up to 100 kg bales
- • 90 % compaction
- • Almost silent running
- • Less than 2 metres high
Clean, efficient general waste compaction
The XP200S waste compactor is a powerful, air-powered solution for compacting general black bag waste, including food, fluids, and light hazardous materials, by up to 10:1.
This machine is durable, clean, and hygienic – ideal for healthcare environments.
- Reduce general waste volume 10:1 and save space
- Cut down bin-emptying frequency
- Minimize waste handling time
- Increase cleanliness across your facility
Keep corridors clear and care uninterrupted!
Book a free Mil-tek waste audit, and our experts will recommend the right handling solution for your healthcare facility.
Care home case!
One Mil-tek baler ended monthly collections, saved £2,000 in a year, and kept Glaslyn Court Nursing Home spotless
Spend less time on waste and more on patients
In a clinical environment, time is critical. Mil-tek helps your staff spend less of it on waste, and more on patients.
From small private practices to multi-building hospitals, we can help you:
- Streamline your internal waste flow
- Comply with healthcare sanitation protocols
- Reclaim valuable space in corridors and storage rooms
- Build a cleaner, greener institutional image
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