§ 117695 Treated Medical Waste Status

• •If medical waste is treated the right way, it’s no longer special medical waste.
• •After treatment, it’s just regular trash, like what you throw in the bin at home.
• •This only works if the waste isn’t dangerous in other ways.

A hospital throws away used bandages and gloves after cleaning them the way the law says.

Once they’re treated properly, those bandages and gloves are just regular trash, not medical waste anymore.