By comparison, what does a collection company do with sharps waste?
Old style collection companies combine your biohazardous waste with waste from many different healthcare facilities. Your waste is typically hauled 100’s of miles to a treatment facility. Your sharps waste is treated but not rendered unusable; thousands of needles still look and ‘poke’ the same as they did before treatment. By contrast, Isolyser®/SMS® is an on-site self-disposal product whereby your sharps are encapsulated, destroyed and made unusable, safe for handling and safe for regular trash disposal. Many people assume collection company treated waste is disposed of at a special disposal site. In fact, old style collection companies treated sharps waste is disposed of at the same disposal site as your regular trash. Isolyser®/SMS® is more efficient, leveraging existing truck traffic and thereby reducing pollution.
