Medical Waste Containers Industry

The global medical waste containers market size is expected to reach USD 3.28 billion in 2030 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2025 to 2030. The increasing number of diagnostic laboratories, the increasing number of patients suffering from cancer, the rising number of surgical procedures across the globe, and the recent outbreak of COVID-19 are the key factors driving the market.

Medical waste disposal in specific containers is a critical step in maintaining the hygiene and safety standards in hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic laboratories. It ensures that general, infectious, and hazardous hospital remains would not be exposed to the patients as they are transported and managed in a proper systematic way. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has tremendously increased the volume of hospital remains across the globe.

As per the journal published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in 2020, as per the guidelines issued by the CDC, domestic and hospital remains from observation wards, fever clinics, special examination rooms, laboratories, and isolation wards, especially the nucleic acid testing laboratories, should be marked as COVID-19 related medical remains, and separate containers printed with “COVID-19 infection” should be affixed. In addition, remains from protective facial masks carrying pathogens has also increased to a great extent. Thus, containers with distinct marks were placed in the public areas of the hospital to collect those abandoned masks. Furthermore, an increase in awareness regarding hospital safety standards and increased investments by hospitals in maintaining their cleanliness is also anticipated to propel market growth over the forecast period.

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Medical Waste Containers Market Segments Highlights:

• In terms of revenue, the chemotherapy containers dominated the market and accounted for a share of 38.2% in 2024. The increasing number of patients suffering from cancer is driving the segment over the forecast period.
• The general medical waste led the market with a revenue share of 35.3% in 2024, owing to the rising number of diagnostics laboratories across the globe.
• The hospitals and private clinics segment is anticipated to witness the fastest growth rate over the forecast period owing to the increasing number of hospital admissions due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19.
• Hospitals & private clinics held the largest market share of 36.2% in 2024 due to their status as major generators of medical waste.

Medical Waste Containers Market Report Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global medical waste containers market report based on product, type of waste, end use, and region:

Medical Waste Containers Product Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Chemotherapy Containers
• Biohazardous Medical Waste Containers
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Containers
• Others

Medical Waste Containers Type of Waste Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• General Medical Waste
• Infectious Medical Waste
• Hazardous Medical Waste
• Others

Medical Waste Containers End Use Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Hospitals & Private Clinics
• Diagnostic Laboratories
• Research Institutes
• Others

Medical Waste Containers Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• North America
  • US
  • Canada
  • Mexico
• Europe
  • UK
  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
• Asia Pacific
  • Japan
  • China
  • India
  • Australia
  • South Korea
  • Thailand
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
• Middle East & Africa
  • South Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • Kuwait

Key Medical Waste Containers Company Insights

• BD
• Bemis Manufacturing Company
• BWAY Corporation
• Bondtech Corporation
• Daniels Sharpsmart Inc.
• EnviroTain, LLC.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
• Cardinal Health
• Henry Schein, Inc.
• Sharps Medical Waste Services

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