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Clinical waste win spurs international ambition for recycling specialist

MyGroup has secured a vital permit from the Environment Agency and is in

Waste processing by MyGroup in Hull. Clinical waste can now be handled at the Morley Street operation. (Image: MyGroup)

Hull plastic recycling specialist MyGroup has been approved to handle clinical waste by the Environment Agency.

The new permit means the facility can now process a range of clinical waste items, such as used syringes, surgical dressings and personal protective equipment.

It has been secured as the business looks to build on success with hard-to-recycle non-clinical waste discarded during the Covid-19 pandemic. MyGroup - formerly known as Mytum and Selby - has recycled more than 20 million items, including used PPE, swabs and lateral-flow testing equipment, avoiding incineration and landfill. Through its ReWorked brand it launched the Reclaim the Mask initiative with supermarkets and high street stores to encourage recycling.

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Steve Carrie, director of the Morley Street operation, said: “After a rigorous application process, we are delighted to receive the clinical waste permit, which broadens our arsenal and reach in the ongoing fight against waste, and opens a host of new markets for the company.

“It’s high time we stop accepting that the only solution for certain types of waste – particularly from healthcare settings – is incineration or landfill. MyGroup has proven time and time again that the “unrecyclable” is in fact recyclable, so we welcome this endorsement from the Environment Agency in us as a provider trying to overturn this status quo.”

The processing operation at MyGroup has been boosted by the addition of an autoclave machine for steam sterilising. (Image: MyGroup)


It will now take in waste from various settings, including hospitals and GP practices, dental surgeries, veterinary clinics and pharmaceutical facilities.

The team is already speaking to a number of NHS and private providers about the commissioning of collection and processing services, having invested in first-of-its-kind steam sterilising autoclave machinery. It allows the hazardous waste to be dealt with on site, with zero emissions and low water consumption. This is thanks to a £200,000 investment in solar panels and battery storage, twinned with rainwater harvesting. Biogas is also being explored.