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Providing a safe & legal complete waste management service

With over 35 years of experience, Ocean Support Services has the solutions, licensing and compliance expertise to support healthcare facilities in complete waste management. Healthcare waste must be managed in accordance with government regulations. Our team will assist you in ensuring your waste is managed legally and safely. We can safely remove items such as syringes, needles, scalpels, expired medicine and incontinent/offensive waste. Our end-to-end service is fully compliant with the "Duty of Care" regulation under the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, providing you with additional peace-of-mind. Contact us today to discuss your business' requirements.


Our customers include: 

 

  • Aesthetics & Beauty Clinics
  • GP Practices & Healthcare Clinics
  • Care and Nursing Homes
  • Pharmacies & Chemists
  • Tattooists

 

Clinical Waste Disposal Services

Clinical waste is defined in the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 and it means any waste which consists wholly or partly of:

  • Human or Animal Tissue
  • Blood, Bodily Fluids or Excretions
  • Drugs or other Pharmaceutical Products
  • Swabs or Medical Dressings
  • Syringes, Needles or other Sharp Instruments (Sharps)

Clinical waste must be segregated, stored and disposed of in line with government regulations. As a producer of clinical waste, you have a legal 'Duty of Care' to follow.


To keep your business safe and legally compliant, our clinical waste bags and bins offer a trusted waste management solution.  Our tailored collection services are designed to suit your operational needs eg. weekly, fortnightly, monthly or annual collections.  

Offensive Waste Disposal Services

'Offensive waste' is defined as non-clinical waste that is not infectious and does not contain any pharmaceutical or chemical substances, however it may be unpleasant to people who come in contact with it. In Healthcare this includes things like outer dressings and PPE (masks gowns and gloves) that are not contaminated with body fluids. 


It is important to manage offensive waste in the right way to ensure a clean, hygienic and safe environment for staff and visitors to your premises. 


We provide offensive waste bags and bins with a tailored collection schedule to meet your business' needs eg. weekly, fortnightly, monthly or annual collections.  

Sharps Waste Disposal Services

Our sharps disposal service ensures your business maintains a clean and safe environment, helping eliminate the risk of injuries. 


We provide a range of sharps containers as well as our specialist sharps bin collection and disposal service.


Our team of experts will work with you to ensure your sharps waste is segregated correctly in line with regulations. We will also establish a collection schedule tailored to your business' needs. 

Pharmaceutical & Cytotoxic Waste Disposal Services

Pharmaceutical waste includes any outdated or unused drugs and medicines. Cytotoxic waste describes a group of medicines that contain toxic chemicals. 


Ensuring the correct disposal of both pharmaceutical and cytotoxic waste is essential to protect the environment and the general public in accordance with government legislation.


We provide secure pharmaceutical & cytotoxic waste disposal bins with a tailored collection schedule to meet your business' needs.


Our team of experts will work with you to ensure safe storage, removal and destruction of your pharmaceutical waste.

Ocean Support Services - Trusted Waste Experts

Waste management can be complex to understand and ensure compliance. Our team of experts can provide advice and guidance on appropriate handling, containment, transportation and disposal of different types of waste.


✓ Registered waste carrier

✓ Tailored collection service

✓ Approved waste management products

✓ Compliant with government legislation



Duty of Care - Your responsibilities

Under Article 5 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, the "Duty of Care" outlines legal requirements for all who import, produce, collect, carry, keep, treat, dispose of, broker in, deal in and process controlled waste, to manage that waste correctly by storing it properly, transferring it only to the appropriate people and ensuring that when it is transferred it is sufficiently well described to enable its safe recovery or disposal without endangering human health or harming the environment.


As a business, you're likely to be a producer of waste, and as such, must take reasonable steps to comply with the Duty of Care which include:

• preventing the escape of waste or waste causing pollution or harm while you hold it

• ensuring that those you transfer waste to have also taken steps to ensure that it does not escape whilst it is in their possession;

• provide written information which describes the waste, when you transfer it to another person, sufficiently well to allow them to comply with their duties;

• ensure that you only transfer waste to a person authorised to receive it

 

For more information, visit Duty of care | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (daera-ni.gov.uk)     

Contact Us

  Ocean Support Services  offer top-quality washroom hygiene products to customers across Northern Ireland. 

Call us on 

028 9023 7999

for a prompt and reliable supply service.

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