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Stericycle Watch
Stericycle, Inc. is the largest medical waste treatment and disposal company in the United States, and a growing global presence. Although the company's mission is "to be the leading company dedicated to the environmentally responsible management of infection control and compliance services for the health care community," it continues to incinerate medical waste at the six U.S. facilities it owns.
Update: April 27, 2005 Annual Shareholder Meeting
 Read HCWH's statement (pdf), and statements by representatives at the meeting:
Martha Hamblin (pdf), Group Against Stericycle Pollution, NC
David Mickey (pdf), Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, NC
Heather Bjork (pdf), Haw River, NC resident
John Powell (pdf), Haw River, NC resident
Learn about the emissions violations and local response at Stericycle's Haw River, NC incinerator.
Read the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Notice (pdf)
More recent incinerator news:
Gov. Blagojevich announces shutdown of seven hospital incinerator in six months (pdf), Illinois Government News Network (3/27/05)
Snuffing the last incinerators, Chicago Tribune (9/20/04)
Blagojevich targets medical incinerators, Chicago Tribune (9/14/04)
Illinois State Medical Society Non-Incineration Resolution, April 2005 (doc)
Update: May 11, 2004 Annual Shareholder Meeting
North Salt Lake residents concerned over incinerator stacks, Ogden Standard-Examiner (May 15)
It's up in the air, Times-News (May 15)
NSL burn plant comes under fire, Davis County Clipper (May 13)
Petition turns up heat on burn plant, Deseret Morning News (May 12)
Maine Dumps Stericycle, Waste News (April 26)
Editorial, Waste News (April 26)
Medical Waste Site Sought, Maine Sunday Telegram (April 4)
DEP fines medical waste company nearly $225,000, The Reporter (April 11)
Update: May 6, 2003 Annual Shareholder Meeting
On May 6, HCWH representatives and residents from communities where Stericycle is still operating incinerators traveled to Stericycle's annual shareholder meeting to deliver a new HCWH report card that assesses Stericycle's environmental performance, and to share their concerns with the company.
 Read the HCWH press release
Read the Report Card (pdf)
Read statements (pdf) by representatives at the meeting:
Martha Hamblin (pdf), Group Against Stericycle Pollution, NC
David Mickey (pdf), Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, NC
Cindy King (pdf), Salt Lake Area Residents Against the Stericycle Incinerator, UT
Kathleen Logan-Smith (pdf), St. Louis Medical Waste Incinerator Group, MO
Monica Rohde Buckhorn (pdf), HCWH, Washington, DC
Laurie Valeriano (pdf), Washington Toxics Coalition, WA
The report card is a follow-up to the May 2002 HCWH report Stericycle: Living Up to its Mission? (pdf). HCWH recommends that Stericycle incorporate the principles of environmentally responsible waste management by implementing 5 recommendations (pdf), one of which is to phase out the incineration of health care waste.
In late 2002, Stericycle closed two problem-laden incinerators in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, both of which drew intense local opposition.
News from HCWH
Two Problem Medical Waste Incinerators Close Down in Major Victory for Community Activists
News from local communities
Mayor Signs Bill To Stop Medical Waste Incineration; Citizens Claim Victory, press release from the St. Louis Medical Waste Incinerator Group
Stericycle Closes Controversial Waste Incinerator at Gila River Indian Community Reservation in AZ, press release from Gila River Alliance for a Clean Environment and Greenaction
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