photo album - Worldwide, in many hospitals hazardous hospital waste is mixed with normal waste.

Different kinds of waste, also contagious waste streams are mixed in open bins, which are located at public places.

Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde

All types of waste are stored in open containers, before the Sanitary Service picks them up. By mixing, all waste becomes hazardous.

Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde

A close up taken in a open container. Waste with possibly contagious blood is clearly visible.

Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde

Some containers are rusted, by which lixiviates (including blood) contaminate the court floor of the hospital.

Photo: St. Huize Aarde

Waste, that is kept separated in this hospital, is mixed in the storage. Blood containing waste, which does not belong in bags, is pouring onto the court. Through this a lot of people come in contact with possibly contagious blood.

Photo: Waste Consultancy, Gouda

See also photo album transport of hospital waste.
 
See also photo album incineration of hospital waste.
 
See also photo album hospital waste on the
dumpsite.