Regulated Medical Waste Disposal
Regulated Medical Waste Disposal is critical as it contains pathogens that can cause illness.
MERI provides Regulated Medical Waste Disposal for items that contain pathogens, including:

What’s Infectious Waste?
Also known as RMW, biohazard or red bag waste, typical infectious waste items are blood, body fluids, sharps or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM).

Sharps Waste
Examples of sharps include:
- Needles
- Lancets (fingerstick devices)
- Syringes
- Auto Injectors
- Scalpel Blades
- Pipettes
- Discarded glass or rigid vials containing infectious agents
Visit our sharps and infectious waste page or our medical waste mailback page for more information

Chemotherapy Waste Disposal
MERI collects and properly destroys bulk and trace chemotherapy waste. We collect both bulk and trace chemotherapy, and offer a mailback option for trace chemotherapy waste. Our trace chemotherapy mailback kits are used by home infusion pharmacies and traveling nurses who provide in-home cancer treatment care.
Click here to learn more about the difference between trace and bulk chemo.

Pathological Waste Disposal
MERI provides disposal for many clinics, research facilities, morgues, funeral homes and farms that have pathology waste. Examples of pathological waste is human and or animal tissue or body parts.
Click here to learn more about our pathology waste dipsosal solutions.

Biotech Research Waste
MERI disposes biohazard waste from many biotech, lab, research, industrial and manufacturing facilities. Some of the typical waste MERI treats and disposes for research facilities include:
- sharps
- pipettes
- specimens
- chemicals
- pathogens
MERI can also serve as a backup for your facility when your autoclave is down for repair.
Click here to learn how we help dispose of biohazard research waste.