Medical Waste Management Market is expected to reach US$ 11.8 billion by 2031 | Top Companies - Stericycle Inc., Sharp Compliance Inc., Waste Management Inc.

Market Size and Growth:

The Global Medical Waste Management Market size reached US$ 8.9 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach US$ 11.8 billion by 2031, exhibiting a CAGR of 5.3% during the forecast period (2024-2031). The Market Growth is driven by the rising volume of healthcare waste due to expanding medical services, stricter regulatory frameworks, and increasing awareness of safe waste disposal. According to DataM Intelligence

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The Medical Waste Management Market involves the collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of waste generated by healthcare facilities such as hospitals, clinics, and laboratories. It includes hazardous, non-hazardous, and infectious materials. The market focuses on reducing environmental impact, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting safe, sustainable waste handling and recycling practices in the healthcare sector.

Industry Recent Developments: United States

✅ August 2025: Fuji Medical Instruments implemented AI-based sorting systems for clinical waste to enhance efficiency and reduce human intervention.

✅ August 2025: Waste Management, Inc. expanded its healthcare services by adding new on-site medical waste treatment facilities, improving operational efficiency and safety.

✅ September 2025: Stericycle launched an AI-driven medical waste tracking system to improve regulatory compliance, optimize disposal routes, and support sustainability efforts.

Industry Recent Developments: Japan

✅ August 2025: Hospitals in urban regions increasingly adopted closed-loop systems and non-incineration technologies aligned with Japan's carbon neutrality goals, including innovations like microwave disinfection and compact autoclave units.

✅ September 2025: Medical waste management facilities implemented digital manifest systems and barcoded tagging to accurately track waste lifecycle and ensure compliance with government disposal quotas.

✅ October 2025: Prefectures including Tokyo, Osaka, and Kanagawa promoted the use of low-emission treatment systems to reduce pollution and meet stringent environmental regulations, encouraging investments in AI-powered waste tracking and route optimization technologies.

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Mergers & Acquisitions (2024-2025 impact on 2025):

✅ Waste Management (WM) → Stericycle: the large, transformational deal that most shaped the 2025 medical-waste landscape was WM's purchase of Stericycle (announced/closed in 2024 and integration continued into 2025). That acquisition folded regulated medical-waste services into WM's healthcare offering and is a key market consolidation driver affecting 2025 competitive dynamics.

✅ Ongoing sector M&A in 2025 (smaller/local deals): the broader waste/recycling sector continued active M&A in 2025 (examples include regional companies and specialty waste players being acquired), which affects capacity and regional service footprints for medical waste. Industry trackers and trade press (Waste360, Capstone summaries) catalog numerous 2025 deals (LRS, Casella and others acquiring regional players).

Regulatory Approvals in 2025:

✅ EPA / Subpart P (Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste) - implementation / state adoptions in 2025: the EPA's pharmaceuticals rule (40 CFR Part 266 Subpart P - the "pharmaceuticals rule") has been implemented and through 2024-2025 many states continued adopting or enforcing aspects of Subpart P (including prohibitions on sewering hazardous pharmaceutical wastes). In 2025 a number of guidance/implementation actions and state adoptions accelerated compliance activity for healthcare generators. This is one of the largest regulatory drivers for how medical (pharmaceutical) waste must be handled.

✅ State-level rule changes (example: Alabama) - several states updated medical-waste rules in 2025; for example, Alabama's ADEM amendments (phase 1 effective Feb 14, 2025) and proposed generator registration/storage-time changes were highlighted by industry sources as an active 2025 state-level development. Expect other states to continue aligning with Subpart P and tightening generator requirements.

✅ e-Manifest / electronic tracking - broader hazardous-waste manifest modernization (electronic manifests and improved tracking) has been a regulatory focus and a compliance reality for generators and haulers by 2025; companies and healthcare facilities were adopting e-manifest workflows to meet compliance and audit requirements.

Major Key Players:

Stericycle Inc.
Sharp Compliance Inc.
Waste Management Inc.
Clean Harbors Inc.
Suez Environnement S.A.
Republic Services Inc.
Daniels Sharpsmart Inc.
Veolia Environment
BioMedical Waste Solutions LLC
Remondis Medison GmbH.

Segments Covered in the Medical Waste Management Market:

By Service Type: Disposal, Recycling, Collection, Transportation & Storage, Others.

By Treatment: Chemical treatment, Incineration, Autoclaving, Biological, Others.

By Type of Waste: Non-Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste, Infectious & Pathological Waste, Pharmaceutical Waste, Sharps, Other Medical Waste.

By Treatment Site: Onsite Treatment, Offsite Treatment.

Regional Analysis for Medical Waste Management Market:

⇥ North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)

⇥ Europe (U.K., Italy, Germany, Russia, France, Spain, The Netherlands and Rest of Europe)

⇥ Asia-Pacific (India, Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia Rest of Asia Pacific)

⇥ South America (Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America)

⇥ Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., South Africa, Rest of Middle East & Africa)

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Chapter Outline:

⏩ Market Overview: It contains five chapters, as well as information about the research scope, major manufacturers covered, market segments, Medical Waste Management market segments, study objectives, and years considered.

⏩ Market Landscape: The competition in the Global Medical Waste Management Market is evaluated here in terms of value, turnover, revenues, and market share by organization, as well as market rate, competitive landscape, and recent developments, transaction, growth, sale, and market shares of top companies.

⏩ Companies Profiles: The global Medical Waste Management market's leading players are studied based on sales, main products, gross profit margin, revenue, price, and growth production.

⏩ Market Outlook by Region: The report goes through gross margin, sales, income, supply, market share, CAGR, and market size by region in this segment. North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and South America are among the regions and countries studied in depth in this study.

⏩ Market Segments: It contains the deep research study which interprets how different end-user/application/type segments contribute to the Medical Waste Management Market.

⏩ Market Forecast: Production Side: In this part of the report, the authors have focused on production and production value forecast, key producers forecast, and production and production value forecast by type.

⏩ Research Findings: This section of the report showcases the findings and analysis of the report.

⏩ Conclusion: This portion of the report is the last section of the report where the conclusion of the research study is provided.

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