Company
Oxus is a full-service medical waste management company serving greater New England. Originally founded in 1996, since 2005 Oxus has been the designated operations, logistics and transportation operator for the Maine Hospital Association’s Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility centrally located in Pittsfield, Maine.
Our Maine operation processes nearly all treatable medical waste generated by the 39 member hospitals of the MHA. Additionally, this facility is authorized to process medical waste generated throughout New England, and through Oxus is utilized by hundreds of non-member “Small Quantity Generators” as well. Oxus offers a broad array of medical waste management services, including reusable medical waste containers, reusable sharps containers, regulatory compliance consulting, long-haul trucking, recycling programs and more.
History
Founded as SteriLogic Waste Systems in 1996, the predecessor of Oxus Environmental was a medical waste management company based in Syracuse, New York and served all of upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania. In 2005 Oxus Environmental was formed as a division of SteriLogic to serve as the medical waste management partner of the Maine Hospital Association and as a full-service medical waste management company serving the New England states. In 2006 SteriLogic restructured into the investment holding company Abele Kerr Investments to facilitate the merger of its New York operations with Medsolutions, Inc. which was subsequently acquired by Stericycle in 2007. Oxus remains the main holding of Abele Kerr Investments.
Team
Wm. Christopher Kerr
Managing Director, Abele Kerr Investments
CEO, Oxus Environmental
As co-founder and President of SteriLogic from 1996-2006, CEO of Oxus Environmental, and Managing Partner of Abele Kerr Investments, Kerr is responsible for general oversight and major business development initiatives.
Christopher S. Abele
Chairman, Abele Kerr Investments
Director, Oxus Environmental
Abele served as co-founder and CEO of SteriLogic from 1996-2004, and was instrumental in developing the strategic roll-out and development of the operations during the medical waste industry’s formative and evolving years. From 2004-2006 Abele moved to Chairman of SteriLogic in order to spend more time with his philanthropic initiatives as the CEO of the Argosy Foundation. He currently serves as the Chairman of Abele Kerr Investments and as a director of Oxus Environmental.
Kyle Paquin
COO, Oxus Environmental