Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 273 - MUNICIPAL WASTE LANDFILLS
Subchapter E - ADDITIONAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL HANDLING AND RESIDUAL WASTES
SPECIFIC WASTES
Section 273.511 - Processed regulated medical waste disposal
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Regulated medical waste may not be disposed of at a municipal waste landfill unless:
(b) Waste consisting of human anatomical remains, including human fetal remains, may not be disposed at municipal waste landfills unless the waste has first been incinerated at a permitted waste processing facility.
(c) Body fluids and animal body fluids may be disposed by discharge into a permitted sewage treatment system that provides a minimum of secondary treatment in accordance with local, Federal and State requirements, including The Clean Stream Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1-691.1001).
(d) Used sharps and unused hypodermic needles or syringes shall be rendered incapable of being reused prior to disposal.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 273.411 (relating to processed regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste disposal).
