# Clinical Waste Quotes

> What drives clinical waste collection prices: bins, frequency, streams and location. Plus the duty of care, carrier checks and consignment notes you must get right.

## Key facts

- Businesses producing healthcare waste in England have a duty of care under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and must check that the carrier taking their waste is registered with the Environment Agency (gov.uk, checked August 2026).
- Registering as a waste carrier, broker or dealer in England costs £191.02 where waste is the business, an upper tier registration must be renewed every 3 years at £130.25, and operating without registration carries an unlimited fine (gov.uk, checked August 2026).
- Hazardous waste producers must keep their register of consignment notes, consignee returns and related documents for 3 years at the premises that produced or stored the waste; waste transfer notes for non-hazardous waste must be kept for 2 years (gov.uk, checked August 2026).

## Key pages

- [What does clinical waste collection cost?](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Clinical waste collection cost: how carriers actually price it](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/clinical-waste-collection-cost/): Clinical waste is quoted per site on a container schedule, frequency and stream mix. What each factor does to the price, and the questions that make quotes comparable.
- [Clinical waste regulations UK: what a healthcare producer must do](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/clinical-waste-regulations-uk/): The duty of care, registered carrier checks, hazardous waste consignment notes and record retention that apply to dental, GP, care, tattoo and aesthetics waste producers.
- [Clinical waste colour coding: the standard UK segregation system](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/clinical-waste-colour-coding/): Orange, yellow, purple, tiger stripe, blue and black: the standard colour coded segregation system used across UK healthcare waste, and why getting it right controls cost
- [Clinical waste consignment notes and the records you must keep](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/clinical-waste-consignment-notes/): Hazardous waste movements need a consignment note that travels with the waste. Which parts you complete, the codes you need, and the 3 year register you keep on site.
- [What drives a clinical waste collection quote, 2026](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-14.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- What drives a clinical waste collection quote, 2026. Methodology: This is a cost driver table, not a price table. Each row is a factor UK clinical waste carriers price against when they quote a healthcare producer, with the question that makes competing quotes comparable. We state no collection prices because we have no verifiable public price data for clinical waste collection and an invented range would mislead. The statutory duties and registration fees referenced on this site are taken from gov.uk guidance and are labelled with the date checked. Get real prices for your site through the form above.
- Last updated: 2026-08-14. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: gov.uk, hazardous waste: overview and duty of care: https://www.gov.uk/dispose-hazardous-waste
- Source: gov.uk, hazardous waste: producers and holders: https://www.gov.uk/dispose-hazardous-waste/producers-and-holders
- Source: gov.uk, hazardous waste: consignment notes: https://www.gov.uk/dispose-hazardous-waste/consignment-notes
- Source: gov.uk, register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer: https://www.gov.uk/waste-carrier-or-broker-registration
- Source: gov.uk, dispose of business or commercial waste: https://www.gov.uk/managing-your-waste-an-overview
- Source: gov.uk, how to classify different types of waste: https://www.gov.uk/how-to-classify-different-types-of-waste
- Source: Environment Agency, public register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, Environmental Protection Act 1990 section 34 (duty of care): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/34

## Citation

Cite as: "What drives a clinical waste collection quote, 2026", Clinical Waste Quotes, https://clinicalwastequotes.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-14).

## About

- Clinical Waste Quotes is a free introduction service; we pass your details to commercial waste and recycling firms covering your area, who quote you directly. We may receive a fee from providers; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not a waste carrier and we are not affiliated with the Environment Agency, the Department of Health and Social Care or any regulator. Regulatory summaries here reflect published government guidance current on 14 August 2026 and are not legal advice; we publish no collection price ranges because we have no verifiable public price data for clinical waste.
- Operated by clinicalwastequotes.co.uk. Contact: enquiries@clinicalwastequotes.co.uk