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Healthcare Waste Disposal

The Smarter, Reusable Way to Safely Manage Healthcare Waste

 

Welcome to Sharpsmart, where safety, sustainability, and service excellence come together to provide industry-leading healthcare waste disposal solutions. Our clinically proven system reduces waste-related injuries and offers a sustainable alternative to single-use containers. Ready to enhance your facility’s compliance and environmental goals? Contact us today for a consultation.

 

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Why Choose Sharpsmart for Healthcare Waste Disposal?

 

When it comes to the management of waste in healthcare settings, Sharpsmart sets the standard. Our comprehensive, proper waste management solutions combine safety, sustainability, and cost-efficiency to deliver the UK's best waste healthcare management systems. Here's why healthcare facilities choose us:

  • Safety First: Our containers are designed with unique safety features, drastically reducing needlestick injuries and contamination risks.
  • Sustainability: Reusable containers significantly reduce plastic waste volumes, lessening environmental impact and aligning with eco-friendly healthcare practices.
  • Cost Efficiency: Customised collection schedules and larger container options lead to reduced disposal costs.
  • Point-of-Use Disposal: Our containers are strategically placed at the point of care, minimising handling and reducing infection risks.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Full compliance with UK regulations such as Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 (HTM 07-01) ensures safe, legal management of healthcare waste, including hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams.

How to Dispose of Healthcare Waste: The Sharpsmart Difference

 

Proper healthcare waste disposal is essential to maintaining a safe and compliant healthcare environment. Here’s how Sharpsmart leads the way in the safe management of healthcare waste:

  • Segregation and Classification of Waste: Waste classification and segregation are key. Use designated containers for sharps, pharmaceutical, and clinical waste.
  • Sharpsmart Containers: Our containers are designed for point-of-use disposal, minimising the need for handling and reducing risks of contamination.
  • Regular Collection: Sharpsmart is licensed to collect and manage healthcare waste across the UK, ensuring timely and compliant disposal. Our expert compliance team manages all regulations, ensuring your facility remains in line with HTM 07-01 and Environmental Protection Act 1990 guidelines.
  • Training for Staff: We provide comprehensive education for healthcare providers, ensuring they are knowledgeable about types of healthcare waste and how to handle them safely.

 

Safe and Environmentally Responsible Healthcare Waste Management

SAFETY

Our system is clinically proven, with peer-reviewed studies showing an 87% reduction in needlestick injuries. Designed with 13 unique safety features, Sharpsmart containers are globally recognised as the safest waste containment solution.

IMMEDIATE COST REDUCTION

Sharpsmart reduces costs through custom scheduling, larger containers for volume efficiencies, and eliminating the need to buy single-use containers.

POINT OF USE DISPOSAL

By placing our reusable containers at the point of care, Sharpsmart minimises labour, reduces the risk of infection, and saves space.

SPACE OPTIMISATION

Sharpsmart's mounting and movement accessories are engineered to optimise space, overcome logistical challenges, provide bulk movement and storage of sharps collectors, and enable point-of-use disposal without the collectors ever touching the ground. 

REUSABLE AND ECO-FRIENDLY

Our reusable containers cut down on the volume of plastic and cardboard waste heading to landfills, offering a sustainable and eco-friendly healthcare waste disposal solution.

LEAKPROOF AND TAMPERPROOF

Sharpsmart containers come with anti-tamper features and secure seals, preventing spills and ensuring unauthorised access is blocked. These containers offer unmatched protection against protruding sharps and contamination, particularly in handling hazardous substances.

What is Healthcare Waste? | Types We Manage

Sharpsmart manages the collection and disposal of healthcare waste across hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and more. The waste streams we handle include:

Sharps Waste: Safe disposal of needles, syringes, and scalpels in puncture-resistant containers.

Pharmaceutical Waste: Proper disposal of expired or unused medications in compliance with UK waste regulations.

Cytotoxic Waste: Disposal of waste contaminated with cytostatic and cytotoxic drugs.

Clinical Waste/Infectious Waste: Handling waste contaminated with blood, body fluids, or other potentially infectious materials.

Offensive Waste: Disposed of in a similar manner to municipal waste, offensive waste streams comprise non-infectious substances such as nappies, incontinence pads, PPE, and hygiene waste products.

Metal Recycling: Reprocessing of non-contaminated metals from healthcare facilities, ensuring environmentally-friendly recycling solutions.

Anatomical Waste: Safe disposal of recognisable human tissue, organs, and body parts, following strict UK regulations for incineration or specialised disposal.

Dental Waste: Management of dental amalgam, extracted teeth, and other waste materials from dental practices, ensuring compliance with HTM 07-01 guidelines and UK dental waste disposal regulations.

Specialty Waste Solutions

 

Sharpsmart also offers tailored solutions for a variety of specialty waste streams that require alternative treatment and compliance with specific UK regulations. We provide a total waste management service, ensuring safe disposal for even the most complex waste types.

  • Total Waste Management: A comprehensive, all-in-one solution that manages every aspect of your facility’s waste, from collection to final disposal, while ensuring full regulatory compliance.
  • Chemical Waste: Safe handling and disposal of hazardous chemical substances, following strict UK regulations for hazardous waste management.
  • Controlled Substances: Secure disposal of controlled drugs and substances in compliance with the Misuse of Drugs Regulations and other UK legal requirements.
  • Radioactive Waste: Disposal of low-level radioactive waste, often generated in medical and research settings, following Radioactive Substances Act guidelines to ensure safe treatment.
  • Confidential Waste: Secure destruction of sensitive documents and materials, adhering to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and maintaining confidentiality through certified shredding and disposal services.
  • WEEE Waste: Management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), ensuring compliance with UK recycling laws and environmental sustainability goals.
  • COVID-19 Waste Disposal: Safe handling and disposal of COVID-19-related healthcare waste, including PPE, testing kits, and other infectious materials, in accordance with UK government guidance for managing pandemic waste.

 

 

Contact Us for Safer Healthcare Waste Management Services

 

Ready to improve the management of waste in your healthcare facility? Contact our team for a consultation and discover how Sharpsmart’s innovative, safe, and sustainable healthcare waste solutions can benefit producers of waste in the healthcare sector. Get in touch today!

"Willing to go the extra mile.."

Sharpsmart's service is excellent; their staff have a strong knowledge of clinical waste management and are always willing to go the extra mile to assist in any operational issues on site

Louise Wood, Estates Officer

Cumberland Infirmary

"Reduces our footprint..."

The reason why we chose to use the Sharpsmart sharps container was due to the sustainability issues of being able to recycle the actual sharps bin rather than incinerating them and causing more issues with carbon footprint.

June Ayre, Infection Control Matron

George Eliot Hospital

"Smooth Transition, reduced sharps injuries..."

Most people within the NHS will look back and wonder how we managed without Sharpsmart. The planning that went into ensuring that transition was smooth was well worth the effort, resulting in fewer staff needlestick exposures and sharps injuries.

Specialist in Infection Control

James Paget Hospital

"Such Nice People..."

Happy to recommend Sharpsmart. Good service, good products, genuinely nice people to do business with. Happy customer! We're very glad we found Sharpsmart.

Lyn Harding, Practice Manager

One One Nine Dental

"Helps staff overcome any issues..."

“Guy has been amazing from the start, always willing to offer advice or put me in contact with other Sharpsmart employees or customers who I can turn to for advice if needed. He’s always willing to travel to the Trust in person and helps staff overcome any issues or concerns.”

Michael Brownjohn, Waste Manager

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust