Gulfport is the largest concentration of healthcare on the Mississippi coast, and the busiest test of a waste schedule in this state. It is also where the gap between what Mississippi requires and what you should insist on matters most.
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No long-term contracts
You stay because the pickups happen, not because a contract says so.
No hidden fees
Mail-back has no minimum purchase and no fuel surcharge either.
Local pickup
South Alabama, South Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle.
Mail-back anywhere
Prepaid return boxes to all 50 states, for offices that make very little.
In Gulfport
What we collect here, and from whom
MDEQ does not require your hauler to give you a manifest. Its own medical waste fact sheet says so, and then recommends that generators require certified manifest forms anyway, and that generator, collector and receiving facility each keep a copy.
For a large Gulfport practice that is not a technicality. Collecting the waste does not transfer your responsibility for having chosen a legitimate company, so the file you keep is the only evidence you have. A manifest and proof of legal destruction come with every pickup here, exactly as they do in Alabama and Florida.
There is no Mississippi office. BioMed works from one office, in Mobile, AL, and South Mississippi sits inside the local pickup area run from it. Gulfport is in Harrison County, inside the local pickup area. See the rest of South Mississippi, or contact us and the Mobile office will reply.
Multi-specialty practices Injection, draw and procedure sharps across many rooms.
Dental and orthodontic offices Sharps across several chairs, with separator canisters to the recycler.
Dialysis and infusion Access needles, bloodlines and saturated dressings, heavy by the shift.
Labs and testing centers Specimen tubes, pipettes, slides and broken glass.
Mississippi rules
What Mississippi asks of you
Mississippi is the loosest of the three states we work in, and that cuts both ways: less to file, and more resting on who you hire.
Two agencies, split at the door
The Mississippi State Department of Health regulates storage and handling inside your building. MDEQ regulates off-site management, transport and disposal.
No transporter permit
MDEQ does not currently require special licensing or permits for medical waste transporters. Checking who you hire matters more here, not less.
No manifest required. Ask anyway
MDEQ recommends that generators require certified manifest forms and keep a copy on file. BioMed supplies one with every pickup, with proof of legal destruction.
Not to a landfill untreated
Solid waste permits generally prohibit municipal disposal facilities from accepting infectious medical waste that has not been rendered non-infectious.
It comes down to how much you make. Steady volume suits a truck on a schedule. An office that fills a few containers a month can skip the truck and mail them back.
Scheduled pickup
For clinics, practices and facilities with steady volume
Containers and bags supplied for each waste stream
Routine or flexible pickups, adjusted when your volume changes
Collected by trained, experienced personnel
Waste manifest and proof of legal destruction every time
Local across South Alabama, South Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle, from our Mobile, AL office
No. MDEQ states that current regulations do not require the collector to manifest the waste, and recommends that generators require certified manifest forms anyway. We supply one on every pickup.
Do you collect in Gulfport?
Yes. Gulfport is in Harrison County, inside the local pickup area.
Do you have a Mississippi office?
No. BioMed works from one office, in Mobile, AL, and South Mississippi is inside the local pickup area run from it. Call (251) 300-6143.
Who regulates medical waste in Mississippi?
The Mississippi State Department of Health regulates on-site storage and handling; MDEQ regulates off-site management, transport and disposal.