Restaurateurs are always on the alert for red flags that could sink their ratings and bottom lines. But sometimes, the simplest mistake – like not having a place to store used needles – can result in an unfortunate headline. Use these three restaurant...
MERI will soon have a new home at 800 Uniek Drive in Waunakee, WI. Madison Environmental Resourcing, Inc. (MERI) is working through final permitting with the Department of Natural Resources. Two of MERI’s microwave processors moved and installation is currently in...
You need to know how to properly tie a biohazard bag after it is full. Having a properly sealed bag is one of the regulatory requirements for packaging your medical waste for shipment. Believe it or not, there’s a right way, and a wrong way to tie a medical waste bag...
You’ve planned ahead and, thankfully, you have MERI’s new Biohazard Blood Spill Clean Up & Disposal Kit on hand. It is nice to have when cleaning up after a biohazard spill that involves blood, vomit, urine or feces. Because, after the cleanup is done, you...
Many healthcare facilities use MERI for flu shot needle disposal. According to the CDC, up to 168 million doses of the flu shot will be given this year in the United States. Thousands of the used needles will come afterward to MERI’s disposal facility. Madison...
Thank You for making our day Gail! This testimonial from you affirms what we do everyday really matters. “MERI looks out for my hospital’s best interest. I like doing business with MERI because they are honest and trustworthy.” Gail Reichling,...
MERI’s Free Nursing Home Compliance Review helps facilities see if they are properly disposing of their infectious and hazardous waste. With additional enforcement on proper infectious and hazardous waste disposal, nursing home compliance is critical. If a DNR...
Safely disposing dental amalgam is important now more than ever. Throughout the country, dentists handle about one to two pounds of amalgam each year, mainly in the form of old silver-colored fillings removed from teeth. In Wisconsin, you can not flush amalgam waste...
When someone calls to check out our medical or biohazard disposal services, they immediately ask, “What’s it going to cost?” That depends on a couple of answers. Specifically, it depends on things like what, and how much, material we are going to collect. Is it...
