Frequently asked questions

Health-care risk waste is any waste from medical care that can harm people or the environment — sharps such as needles and blades, infectious materials, used dressings, pathological waste, chemicals and expired pharmaceuticals. South African regulations require it to be separated, stored, transported and disposed of by a permitted collector.

We collect the full range of health-care risk waste: sharps, infectious and anatomical waste, pharmaceutical waste, and general bio-hazardous waste. We supply the correct colour-coded containers for each stream so your facility stays compliant from the point of generation.

We collect across the whole of Gauteng — Johannesburg, Pretoria (Tshwane), the East Rand (Ekurhuleni), the West Rand and the Vaal (Sedibeng) — including Benoni, Boksburg, Kempton Park, Germiston, Sandton, Centurion, Soweto, Midrand, Randburg, Roodepoort, Springs and surrounding suburbs.

Yes. Mafula Waste is a certified and permitted HCRW collector. Every staff member holds a Hazchem Medical Waste Handling certificate, and our vehicles comply with the dangerous-goods requirements of the National Road Traffic Act.

Yes. Every collection is recorded on a waste manifest, and we issue the safe-disposal certificates you need to demonstrate compliance during inspections and audits — giving you a complete cradle-to-grave paper trail.

Collection frequency is tailored to your waste volumes — daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly. We assess your facility and recommend a schedule that keeps containers from overflowing and keeps you compliant.

Yes. We supply compliant, colour-coded sharps containers, HCRW bins and biohazard boxes in a range of sizes, delivered to your site and replaced on each collection.

Cost depends on your waste volumes, the containers you need and your collection frequency, so we price each facility individually. Request a free quote and we'll build a cost-effective plan for your practice or facility.

Any facility that generates health-care risk waste — private doctors' rooms, hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres, laboratories, pharmacies, funeral homes and workplace occupational-health clinics — is legally required to dispose of it through a permitted collector.

Yes. Mafula Waste is a 100% black-owned, Level 1 B-BBEE contributor, which means partnering with us gives your organisation maximum B-BBEE procurement recognition on your waste spend.

Yes. We service single-doctor consulting rooms right through to large hospitals and clinic networks, scaling container supply and collection frequency to suit facilities of any size.

Simply request a quote through our contact form, call 010 500 5307, or WhatsApp 073 951 2932. We'll assess your needs, deliver the right containers and set up a collection schedule that works for you.