NEWARK, DE — Choice MedWaste has completed a regulated medical waste treatment facility in Elkton, Maryland, bringing processing in-house as the company expands its infrastructure for healthcare customers across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
The locally owned company said the facility uses autoclave technology to sterilize eligible regulated medical waste with pressurized steam. The investment reduces Choice MedWaste’s reliance on third-party processors and gives the company control over waste from collection through treatment and documentation.
The facility also moves treatment closer to customers whose medical waste might otherwise be transported hundreds of miles to processing facilities, according to the company. Choice MedWaste said the shorter processing chain is intended to reduce transportation complexity and improve visibility into how and where waste is handled.
“Our goal has always been to make regulated medical waste one less thing our customers have to worry about,” owner Matt Georgov said. “Building our own treatment facility allows us to oversee the process from collection through final treatment and documentation.”
The expansion gives Choice MedWaste additional capacity to serve large-quantity generators including hospitals, multi-location healthcare groups and laboratories. The company can handle bulk pickups and tractor-trailer service for customers producing larger regulated waste volumes.
Choice MedWaste also provides collection programs with schedules and container sizes tailored to individual facilities, as well as reusable sharps containers designed to reduce reliance on disposable containers.
Bringing treatment in-house extends the company’s chain-of-custody oversight through final processing. Services include manifest management, compliance documentation and certificates of destruction intended to provide customers with records of treatment and disposal.
Choice MedWaste said the Elkton operation will also support expanded recycling and reusable-system programs where regulations permit.
Autoclaving provides a non-incineration treatment method for eligible medical waste, using pressurized steam to sterilize material before final processing. The system used by Choice MedWaste does not require untreated medical waste to be shredded before sterilization, according to the company.
The Elkton investment expands Choice MedWaste’s regional infrastructure as it targets hospitals, surgery centers, physician and dental practices, veterinary hospitals, research laboratories, universities, long-term care facilities, government agencies and other businesses generating regulated waste.
“This investment is about more than expanding our business,” Georgov said. “It’s about investing in the communities we serve.”
Choice MedWaste did not disclose the cost of the Elkton facility, its processing capacity or the number of employees associated with the expansion.
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