Abstract: 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, and a 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; and an electronic control unit connected to the sensory system and in communication with the remote control centre to transmit thereto data indicating