Table 1.

Disposal cost for each type of waste

Reference	Cost
Brassil and Torreggiani 2019	Cost of general and clinical waste stream disposal in one of the hospitals in Ireland was €130/tonne (USD 0.145/kg) and €813/tonne (USD 0.907/kg) respectively
McGain et al. 2015	General waste stream disposal (including disposal charge, bag cost, compaction/collection/transport and bin hire) costs AUD 0.24/kg (USD 0.17/kg) whereas clinical waste stream disposal costs AUD 0.98/kg (USD 0.68/kg)
Southorn et al. 2013	In the UK, the cost of waste disposal in 2013 was £0.75/kg (USD 0.98/kg) for sharps, £0.45/kg (USD 0.59/kg) for clinical waste and £0.06/kg (USD 0.078/kg) for general waste
Kagoma et al. 2012	Cost of disposing of solid waste (USD 121 per ton) was twice the cost of recycling plastic (USD 68 per ton)