Our National Health Service produces thousands of tonnes of waste every year, with 133,000 tonnes of this being plastic waste. The Greener NHS program has NHS waste high on their agenda for paving the way to a more sustainable future for our healthcare service, which so far is having a strong effect. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has removed 200,000 items of single use plastic alone from their waste in 2019/20.
But how can hospitals look to reduce their waste and begin to implement a more circular waste strategy?
For this webinar, we will be inviting industry professionals and businesses with new products and services that can help to combat waste and introduce circular thinking into the NHS’s green plans.
Speaker Announcement
Guy Wing, Contract Manager, Sharpsmart
Sharpsmart entered the UK healthcare market in 2000 challenging the long-instilled practices of clinical waste being managed as a back-of-dock service with no infection risk considerations, ushering in a new standard of risk prevention by putting safety, intelligent movement and clinical design at the forefront of its waste management practices. One of Sharpsmart’s principle founding values is also to achieve the highest level of sustainability possible through innovation, product, and process.
Clare Atkinson, Director of Research and Development, Nu Green
Talk Title: The Importance of Data in Sustainable Waste Management
At NuGreen we are working to deliver a more sustainable healthcare sector through our bespoke consultation process, educational packages and research and development. We take a 4-stage approach to helping healthcare settings save money, reduce emissions and increase the percentage of recycled material: Collect, Analyse, Implement, and Futureproof.
We believe generating and analysing business data can paint a picture of sustainability credentials. This data creates a baseline to highlight key areas of best practice and areas of concern, by analysing this data businesses can make informed decisions to implement long term sustainable change.
By setting Science Based Targets, then re-auditing and analysing this data, you can clearly track progress against the original baseline data. We work with local NHS trusts and other companies, within the healthcare sector, to help them analyse their business practices, product selection and waste management processes.
The idea is that we look to create circular processes that bring in a network of expertise from other industries to maximise the planet’s resources, minimise waste and reduce costs to the sector. We believe in using data and science-based targets with our clients to create and implement a path to a sustainable future.
Conor Connolly, VP, Business Development (Diagnostics), Envetec Sustainable Technologies
Talk Title: Create Clean Change: Sustainable treatment of clinical waste.
Conor Connolly is Vice President of Business Development for Envetec. Envetec is an Irish company with a global vision to create clean change. Their mission is to enable all laboratories to move towards zero biohazardous waste.
Envetec was founded in 2021 as a spin-out from Technopath Clinical Diagnostics, a leader in clinical diagnostics whose clients included global diagnostic companies and clinical laboratories. Envetec’s GENERATIONS – our clean technology – represents 10 years of investment in research and development combined with industry collaboration to deliver the best solution for the safe treatment of laboratory biohazardous materials and waste with the ability to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
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