Clinical waste collection types

Find out about the different collections and what we can collect.

Collection types

If you live in Brighton & Hove and produce clinical waste at home without the care of a medical professional, the council is responsible for collecting your waste. For example, you may use needles or incontinence pads.

Type Bag Description Contact us
Offensive (non-infectious) Tiger bags Incontinence wear or pads and sanitary hygiene waste, catheters if you produce more than 2 bags per week*
Hazardous (infectious waste) Orange bags Human tissues, blood, excretions, swabs and dressings if a hospital or your GP referred you for a collection
Sharps Yellow sharps boxes Needles, syringes in any instance

* We won't collect less than 2 tiger bags. Less than 2 bags of waste can be double bagged and placed in your normal bin but must not have needles or syringes in them.

We won’t collect any clinical waste relating to pets. If you have pet clinical waste speak to your vet.