RedBag Solutions, USA

ABOUT RED BAG SOLUTIONS

Red Bag Solutions is an environmentally responsible company dedicated to creating products, programs and services that enable our clients to enhance environmental sustainability. We are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport and processing of biohazardous waste. We are determined through our actions and advocacy to help improve the environment for our children and generations that follow. How we achieve these goals:

• Biological agents and infectious materials,
• Needles, syringes and disposable surgical instruments,
• Contaminated plastics,
• Sharps containers/needle boxes,
• Confidential media and proprietary materials,
• Blood products and body fluids,
• Pathogens: bacterial, viral, fungi or proteinaceous infectious agents,
• Contaminated small animal carcasses and animal bedding,
• Some pharmaceuticals.

SSM processed waste is sterilized, safe and no longer recognizable as medical waste. Therefore, it can be repurposed, recycled or disposed of as ordinary municipal trash. Unlike medical waste incinerators and autoclaves, SSM processing is free of objectionable odors and does not release any negative air emissions. It is more environmentally friendly and less costly than any other on-site medical waste management alternative.

Red Bag Solutions' customers include hospitals and healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and diagnostic laboratories and research facilities. We realize that all facility's requirements are unique, and we work hard to make sure that those specific requirements are met. The SSM technology can be adapted to suit a variety of specialized applications such as processing 100% liquid waste streams, utilizing ozone as a sterilant and supporting BSL-3 laboratories.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBLITY STATEMENT

Red Bag Solutions is an environmentally responsible company dedicated to creating products, programs and services that enable our clients to enhance environmental sustainability. We are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport and processing of biohazardous waste. We are determined through our actions and advocacy to help improve the environment for our children and generations that follow. How we achieve these goals:

• Adhere to the highest standards of environmental responsibility in conducting company business and representing our products and services in the marketplace.
• Align our company with groups and individuals who promote and educate our client base about the social and economic benefits of environmental sustainability.
• Support recycling and waste to fuel initiatives as alternatives to the use of landfills or incinerators.
• Help clients achieve their waste diversion goals by implementing progressive technologies and methods of handling waste.
• Advocate for onsite processing of biohazardous waste thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and eliminating the risks associated with transporting biohazardous waste through our communities.
• Underscore the economic and operational benefits of becoming environmentally sustainable.

ON-SITE PROCESSING

Responsibility

Your facility is responsible for the regulated Medical Waste from “Cradle to Grave” and this represents a potential risk/liability if the waste should ever turn up unexpectedly. Processing onsite means that your Regulated Medical Waste is under complete control and will be handled in accordance with your specific rules and regulations. Post processed waste is not recognizable and can be placed in the regular trash for disposal.

Unrecognizability

Red Bag Solutions technology grinds (macerates) the waste into small unrecognizable pieces. This ensures that patient information remains confidential and is NOT discernible. Maceration of protected patient information also means that you’ll be in compliance with HIPAA regulations regarding the unrecognizability of patient information. This applies to blood bags, labels, IV lines, vials and other disposables. In the lab or biopharmaceutical industry, maceration ensures that formulations, identifiers or any confidential information is not revealed.

Sterility

RBS uses the FDA principle of “Equivalent minutes”. All cycles are processed for 30 equivalent minutes at 250°F (121°C). Since sterilization can occur at 15 minutes, RBS thus uses a “double kill” approach during its processing cycle to guarantee sterilization by elevating the temperature in the tank to in excess of 250°F. In the SSM technology sterilization does not start until the process temperature reaches 250°F. Bio-hazardous medical waste processed in the RBS’s SSM unit is sterilized to 10 log 6 reduction. In over 300,000 cycle tests using Geobacillus Stearothermophilus spore vials, there has not been a single incidence where a positive spore test indicated a non-sterilization result.

Cost Savings

Red Bag Solutions regularly shows a facility cost savings compared to traditional haul and dump providers. Additionally, there are no surprise charges on an invoice such as: fuel surcharge, environmental fee, tipping charge, minimum pick up fee, missed pick up fee. All of Red Bag Solutions charges and fees are straight forward and easy to forecast into your ongoing budget.

Environmental Benefits

Red Bag Solutions value in protecting the environment is substantial.
• Red Bag Solutions provides a facility the option to recycle processed waste
• Red Bag Solutions provides a facility the option to utilize processed waste in waste to fuel applications.
• Maceration and compaction of the processed waste reduces the volume entering the landfill and the amount of space needed to dispose of post processed waste.
• Reduces greenhouse gasses generated from the transportation of untreated waste to a processing facility and subsequent landfill.
• Unlike other processing methods, the SSM does NOT produce any unpleasant odors during processing.