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A Medical Waste Segregation Apparatus and Method for segregating medical waste at the point of disposal within a medical facility in preparation for further segregated disposal outside the facility. The medical waste device is divided in half by a vertical plane extending through the mid point there

A Medical Waste Segregation Apparatus and Method for segregating medical waste at the point of disposal within a medical facility in preparation for further segregated disposal outside the facility. The medical waste device is divided in half by a vertical plane extending through the mid point thereof and with color coding; i.e., one half red and one half neutral, for easy recognition by busy medical staff to deposit red medical waste in the red sector at the point of generation of such waste, whereby cost savings are available for recyclable general waste in the form of cost avoidance as well as seeking to eliminate commingling of general waste inadvertently with medical waste, to achieve decreased disposal cost and increased opportunity for cost avoidance.

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1. A unitary disposal arrangement for controlling the segregation of multiple classes of waste, one class consisting of medical waste, comprising:A) a unitary disposal receptacle for use at point of generation of medical waste comprising; 1) a deposit opening; 2) at least two uniquely identified and

1. A unitary disposal arrangement for controlling the segregation of multiple classes of waste, one class consisting of medical waste, comprising:A) a unitary disposal receptacle for use at point of generation of medical waste comprising; 1) a deposit opening; 2) at least two uniquely identified and separately divided waste receiving cavities comprising a first cavity and a second cavity, each divided by a common divider, each separately identified by color wherein each color cannot be the same, and each having a moveable floor, moveable between a general waste position and a medical waste position; 3) the common divider comprising a receptacle divider having an intermediate interior wall member of sandwich construction, having a hollow space for associating with a lid barrier member, for separately dividing the first cavity from the second cavity; 4) a unitary lid positioned over said deposit opening in hinged relationship with the disposal receptacle, operable by a foot pedal means, for movement between a first closed position and a second open position; comprising a barrier member of planar construction arranged in orthogonal relationship with said lid and extending between said lid and said receptacle divider; 6) liner means comprising a disposal bag for each cavity, each having a mouth segment for receiving waste objects comprising a first separate disposable bag color coded red for medical waste for the first cavity also color coded the same first color and a second separate disposable bag color coded neutral for recyclable waste for the second cavity color coded neutral for recyclable waste; and 7) hanger means for receiving the mouth segment of each liner means, said hanger means being formed on the perimeter of the deposit opening; wherein said barrier member provides a barrier in the deposit opening extending between the lid and said receptacle divider between the first cavity and the second cavity as the lid is moved between the closed position to the open position such that at least two classes of waste may be deposited therein without commingling.