Remotely-controlled system for the in-situ treatment of infectious healthcare waste produced by small waste producers, comprising:infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment devices intended to be installed at small-medium waste producers' premises to collect and treat infectious healthcare waste and designed to be compliant with use in venues intended for residential purposes, practicing a profession or providing a service, such as domestic venues, offices, medical, dental and veterinary practices, clinics, or the like, anda remote control centre in communication with the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment devices via a long-range communication system；each infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device comprises:a sensory system to monitor operation of the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device； andan electronic control unit connected to the sensory system and in communication with the remote control centre to transmit thereto data indicating operation of the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device and to receive therefrom and execute commands relating to operation of the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device；the remote control centre is configured to receive and process data from the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment devices and to monitor, control and report on the operation thereof based on the specific applications and/or users' needs.
