Waste disposal for mobile therapists

[beckymushroom]

Hiya
I'm new to all this so hope I am posting it right..... I am hoping to set up my own mobile beauty business after I have finished my NVQ 3 (next year) but am needing some advice about correct methods of waste disposal. Do I just ask the client to dispose of any waste from their treatment in their bin? Or do I take it away with me? Also if there was any clinical waste (like blood spotting) how would I dispose of this correctly?

Any advice would be great

 

[beauti-licious]

im just looking into this too. just had call from environmental health, who told me i had to ring essex county trading standards regarding The Essex act licence/massage-special treatments licence and waste.
called trading standards. they are sending out application for Essex act licence, had to phone back Environmental Health about waste. They have told me waxing strips which contains blood to have to be disposed of as clinical waste, but environmental health are not responsible for issuing bags, or disposal/collection of clinical waste. have been told to go through yellow pages to find clinical waste companies ho will issue bags and arrange collection weekly/monthly for a fee.
hope this of help to you

 

[beauti-licious]

Environmental health have just phoned me back after looking into this further.
if you are a domestic resident and just wax yourself, you can dispose of your waxing strips in your household waste,(black bags) as there wouldnt be much and it wouldnt be often every 4-6 weeks.
If you have a business, mobile, working from home or salon base, due to the number of clients being increased, you do have to dispose of waxing strips, anything that could contain blood samples, such as cotton wool used for manicures where fresh cuticles have been cut, in yellow bags as clinical waste.
my local council has just advised me of a copmany that they use to collect from residential care homes etc.
so maybe your local office can advise you who you can use?

 

[beckymushroom]

Thanks for this.... Will ring my local council and see what they say

 

[Nailgeek16]

anything that could contain blood samples, such as cotton wool used for manicures where fresh cuticles have been cut

Can I just say there should never be blood from a manicure, cuticles should be removed with some remover and pushed, no cutting

 

[Belle Beauty]

It will all depend on your local council. Mine have no concerns with me putting waste in my normal bin as I work alone so won't be producing masses of waste. It will also depend on the type of treatments you offer, as you will almost certainly need to dispose of electrolysis needles in a sharps box.

If you do need to arrange clinical waste disposal, there will be loads of local Waste Management companies that can help you.

 

[beauti-licious]

Can I just say there should never be blood from a manicure, cuticles should be removed with some remover and pushed, no cutting

interesting... i completed my VTCT level 2 last year and we were taught to use cuticle nippers? and iwere taught if fresh cuticle is cut to apply damp cotton wool? not that i have ever needed to do this? maybe different courses teach differently? but if we just pushed cuticles back without removing we wouldnt have passed? they had to be removed?

 

[beckymushroom]

interesting... i completed my VTCT level 2 last year and we were taught to use cuticle nippers? and iwere taught if fresh cuticle is cut to apply damp cotton wool? not that i have ever needed to do this? maybe different courses teach differently? but if we just pushed cuticles back without removing we wouldnt have passed? they had to be removed?

I was taught this too!! Suppose it depends on the trainer, I know people who don't cut cuticles..... I'll stick with what I know x

 

[Belle Beauty]

interesting... i completed my VTCT level 2 last year and we were taught to use cuticle nippers? and iwere taught if fresh cuticle is cut to apply damp cotton wool? not that i have ever needed to do this? maybe different courses teach differently? but if we just pushed cuticles back without removing we wouldnt have passed? they had to be removed?

The cuticle you remove is attached to the nail plate. If you're removing skin from around then base of the nail (and potentionally causing bleeding) then this is not cuticle you are removing. If you continue cutting this skin, you are going to cause more problems in the long run as it will start to grow tough and thick...which leads to more cutting and so on...

There is a place for cuticle nippers, but you shouldn't be using them on every client.

 

[beauti-licious]

sorry, i worded that last message wrongly. we would not have failed if we didnt use cuticle nippers on every client. i am aware that not every client will need this.
but we were taught that after applying cuticle oil, pushing the cuticles back, & gently loosening any eponychium that is adhered to the nail plate with a cuticle knife, to remove any loose or torn pieces of cuticle, and to trim any excess dead cuticle, being careful not to cut into live cuticle....?