What do medical waste companies do with sharps containers?

Question

I work in a veterinary clinic. I know that we put sharps into sharps bins, which go into a big medical waste box when they are full, and that a medical waste company picks them up.
What happens after that?

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Answer 1

Two methods.

Effectively high temp steam for a while to disinfect then shred and landfill

Other method is pure incineration at like 1200 degrees Celsius then landfill the slag