Appendix F - Amended Solid Waste Management Plan

                 Table 4.1 Design Rules for Clinical and Related Waste Containers
    (Schedule 7A of the Environment Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2014)
         Waste         Container Colour     Label Colour          Symbol            Label Text
         Clinical           YELLOW             Black                                 CLINICAL
                       (vivid yellow Y13)                                             WASTE



        Cytotoxic             LILAC            White                               CYTOTOXIC
                           (lilac P23)                                               WASTE




       Radioactive            RED              Black                              RADIOACTIVE
                          (scarlet R12)                                             WASTE




Disposal of all ‘sharps’ will be undertaken in accordance with the ‘Australian/New Zealand Standard
for Reusable Containers for the Collection of Sharp Items Used in Human and Animal Medical
Applications: AS/NZ4261-1994’ published by Standards Australia; and / or ‘Australian Standard for
Non-Reusable Containers for the Collection of Sharp Medical Items Used in Health Care Areas: AS
4031-1992’ (Standards Australia).

Sharps will be disposed in a rigid-walled, puncture resistant container; and will be disposed so they
are not accessible by another person. If sharps are contaminated with a cytotoxic drug, the container
should be purple. If it is contaminated with blood, the container should be yellow. If the sharps waste
is contaminated with blood and a cytotoxic drug, the container used should be the colour of the
highest level waste present i.e. cytotoxic.

Once the sharps container has been sealed and secured, it can be placed directly into a secondary
container for transportation. There is no requirement to first place the sharps container into a plastic
bag before disposal into a secondary container, as they are already contained.

The internal movement of clinical and related waste from its source to the storage, treatment or
collection point is regulated under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and Waste Reduction and
Recycling Act 2011.

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has produced a guideline relating
specifically to the storage, treatment and disposal of clinical and related waste. The Guideline
provides recommendations for the internal movement of clinical and regulated waste. These
recommendations are as follows




Client:    Palm Lake Works Pty Ltd
Doc No.: BE150106-RP-SWMP-01
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