HOUSTON, Aug. 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ:SMED), a leading full-service national provider of comprehensive waste management solutions including medical, pharmaceutical and hazardous, today announced that it has received the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Management permit for the processing of medical waste at its treatment facility located in northeastern Pennsylvania. The 40,000 square foot facility has been permitted as both a medical waste treatment facility, utilizing an autoclave, and as a transfer station for medical, pharmaceutical and trace chemotherapy waste of up to 82 tons per day. The facility is designed to cost-effectively and efficiently process medical waste generated by the Company’s route-based and mailback customers and also doubles as a distribution center of mailback solutions.
David P. Tusa, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sharps, commented, “Our Pennsylvania facility is a very strategic addition to our current operation’s infrastructure, uniquely positioning us to service our customers and expand our business in the highly-populated Northeast. The facility will support our core market of small-to-medium quantity medical waste generators, treating waste collected from both our route-based, pick-up business as well as from our mailback solution offerings. Together with our Texas-based facility, the Company now has over 180 tons per day of permitted treatment infrastructure.
“Over the past year we have significantly enhanced our service offerings to the healthcare related industry while expanding our geographic reach through several strategic acquisitions. With the establishment of our Northeast medical waste treatment facility, we believe Sharps has strengthened its market position in the route-based business to service an area which encompasses about 100 million people or 31% of the U.S. population,” Mr. Tusa concluded.
About Sharps Compliance Corp.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Sharps Compliance is a leading full-service national provider of comprehensive waste management services including medical, pharmaceutical and hazardous. Its key markets include healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, home healthcare providers, assisted living / long-term care, retail pharmacies and clinics, and the professional market which is comprised of physicians, dentists and veterinary practices. The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Recovery System, is a comprehensive solution for the containment, transportation, treatment and tracking of medical waste and other used healthcare materials. The Company also offers its route-based pick-up service in an eleven (11) state region of the Northeast portion of the United States as well as Texas and Louisiana.
More information on the Company and its products can be found on its website at: www.sharpsinc.com
