Medical waste found dumped in back yard

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Tons of highly infectious raw medical waste has been unearthed in the back yard of a brick factory in Welkom, Free State, the Sunday Times reported.

The 300 ton stash, which includes bloody swabs, body parts, filthy bandages, used needles vials and discarded pills was found buried, making it the Green Scorpions biggest medical waste discovery to date.

The dumping breaks waste management laws and poses serious health risks including ground water and bore-hole contamination, and the spread of hepatitis and HIV.

The countries biggest waste management company, Wasteman, which boasts multimillion-rand contract, with more than 150 hospitals and clinics is being probed.

The Green Scorpions raided the brick factory on Friday.

Officials in Durban also discovered waste, including anatomical waste - dated November 17, which by law should have long since been destroyed.

The maximum penalty for illegally dumping medical waste is R10-million. - Sapa
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Source: IOL

Euw :sick:

At least it was discovered!
 
Those that dumped it should simply apologize and go fetch their 'material'. Not using gloves of any kind of course.
 
Wasteman Mission Statement:

To be accountable, both on an individual and corporate basis, to the fulfillment of our duty of responsible environmental stewardship, through the provision of a comprehensive range of specialist services in the management of waste.

Wasteman Vision Statement:

Through the constant search for, and application of, improved technologies and service levels, coupled with the ongoing development of our employees, we will provide best value to our clients and optimal impact on our society and environment, as the leading Company in our field of endeavor.

Bollocks.
 
Trying to make some sense of this -

http://www.news24.com/Content/South...-11-2009-09-31/R5m_for_dumping_medical_waste#

Welkom - The businessman on whose premises the country's largest-ever dumping site for dangerous medical waste was found, says he was paid for it because he's having financial difficulties.

On Sunday, Gavin Brasher admitted via his attorney, Hannes Peyper, that he would get R5m from Wasteman's opposition to dump and bury such waste at his business, Maximus Bricks.

Wasteman has a contract for the handling and the incineration of medical waste from 150 hospitals in South Africa.

Brasher said he recently lost R10m in a contract he'd had with the bankrupt Pamodzi mine.

He also has a contract for the transport of medical waste with Wasteman. This contract entails only the transport of the waste from hospitals in Durban to Wasteman's incinerator in Klerksdorp.

Trap for Wasteman

Peyper said Wasteman's opposition company approached Brasher to set a trap for Wasteman, at a fee.

Some of the bags containing dangerous medical waste were dumped at the brickyard and buried when the trucks spent the night there on their way to Klerksdorp. The same number of bags were then filled with "other things" and taken to the incinerator in Klerksdorp along with the rest of the medical waste.

About two weeks ago, at the request of the other company (which doesn't want to identify itself at this stage), loads of medical waste were also buried at the dumping site of a mine in Welkom and at the old show grounds, "to make the picture more complete".

Peyper said the Green Scorpions don't know about these loads, but he would show it to them should they request it.

Apparently Brasher was aware that the illegal dumping was filmed.

Besides the R5m payment to him, the opposition company also agreed to clean up the dumping site at Maximus Bricks and pay his fine, should he be found guilty.

"Due to great financial pressure, he allowed the wrong thing to be done, and had the medical waste buried on his property. He has implicated Wasteman," said Peyper.
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Is the article saying someone was paid 5 million by a competitor of Wasteman to make it look as though Wasteman had dumped their waste illegally ?
 
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