Veterinary and mortuary
Funeral homes are one of the six generator types BioMed was set up for. The preparation room produces regulated waste on a schedule nobody controls, and it has to leave the building by a route that stands up to inspection.
Tell us about your facility and the Mobile office will call you back.
You stay because the pickups happen, not because a contract says so.
Mail-back has no minimum purchase and no fuel surcharge either.
South Alabama, South Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle.
Prepaid return boxes to all 50 states, for offices that make very little.
What a preparation room generates
Embalming produces sharps and saturated material in roughly equal measure: trocars, needles, suture material and blades on one side; gowns, gloves, drapes and absorbent material on the other.
Embalming chemicals are a separate matter. Formaldehyde-based fluid and its residues are a chemical waste stream with its own rules, and BioMed does not collect it. We take the regulated medical waste, and we will say plainly where our service stops.
What applies to you
OSHA is the day-to-day rule here, and formaldehyde has a standard entirely of its own.
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1030 covers embalmers and anyone else with reasonably anticipated exposure.
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1048 governs formaldehyde exposure, monitoring and training in the preparation room. It is a different rule from the waste one.
ADEM permits medical waste transport in Alabama; Florida registers transporters under Chapter 64E-16.
A manifest for every pickup and proof that the waste was legally destroyed.
A summary for orientation, not legal advice. Check the current rule with the agency, or call the office in Mobile, AL.
Two ways to dispose
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.
For clinics, practices and facilities with steady volume
For small quantity generators, 0 to 50 lbs a month
Your account
You cannot forecast a week's cases, so the interval has to have slack in it.
Get a quote for your officeSharps and regulated waste containers where the work happens.
An interval with room in it, changed when your case volume changes.
A small home under 50 lbs a month can run on prepaid systems instead.
Bloodborne Pathogens and Hazcom with instant certification.
Questions
Something we did not cover? The office that serves you can answer it.
Mobile, AL(251) 300-6143Yes. Funeral homes are one of the generator types the service was built for, alongside physicians, dentists, clinics, veterinary practices and tattoo studios.
No. Formaldehyde-based fluid and its residues are a chemical waste stream with their own rules and need a vendor set up for them. We collect the regulated medical waste.
On a routine or flexible schedule. Because case volume is unpredictable, we usually set an interval with slack in it and adjust from there.
Yes, under 50 lbs a month. Larger systems take full, sealed sharps containers and red bags.
A waste manifest and proof of legal waste destruction.
Other facilities
Services
Medical waste disposal
Scheduled pickup of regulated medical waste and sharps. We bring the containers and bags, collect on your schedule and hand you the manifest.
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Bio-hazard waste disposal
Anything solid or liquid that carries an infectious risk: needles, scalpels, tubing, catheters, blood-soaked linens. Handled under Alabama and Florida rules.
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Pharmaceutical waste disposal
Expired and unused drugs, from characterization and inventory to containers, transport and disposal, including EPA hazardous pharmaceutical waste.
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Mail-back program
For offices that make 0 to 50 lbs of waste a month. Fill the container, seal the prepaid box, ship it. Systems from 1 quart to 28 gallons.
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Local pickup runs from our Mobile, AL office, and mail-back ships to all 50 states. Compare all services.
Tell us what you generate and where you are. The Mobile office comes back with a quote, and there is no contract to sign.
