Secure Pharmaceutical Waste that Improves Compliance
Protect your patients and facility from pharmaceutical waste hazards.Sharpsmart’s secure pharmaceutical waste containment systems prevent tampering, theft and diversion of discarded pharmaceuticals, ensuring safe disposal and transportation.
Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal – Driven by Compliance
Driven by the power of education, Sharpsmart’s pharmaceutical waste management solutions are leading the charge when it comes to compliant pharmaceutical waste management. With face-to-face training and a dedicated team, your facility will be empowered to confidently segregate and dispose of all categories of pharmaceutical waste.
Secure disposal in compliance with regulations hinges upon knowing what pharmaceutical waste is and using appropriate pharmaceutical waste containers. With over 20 years of experience in healthcare, Sharpsmart has the solutions, licensing and compliance expertise to help you dispose of your discarded pharmaceuticals safely.
At Sharpsmart, we go beyond just collecting your waste. We ensure you have the safest containment solutions in place and work with clinical staff within the four walls of your facility to provide training and education to ensure the safe and compliant segregation and management of pharmaceutical waste.
Request a quote or contact us for more details about our pharmaceutical waste disposal service.
Types of Pharmaceutical Waste We Can Manage
- Out-of-date or partially used pharmaceuticals
- Controlled drugs destruction kits
- Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
- Recalled pharmaceutical stock
As a pharmaceutical waste management partner, we ensure total compliance by protecting your pharmaceutical waste throughout the entire cradle-to-grave process.
How to Dispose of Pharmaceutical Waste
Secure disposal of pharmaceutical waste is paramount from both a safety and a compliance standpoint which is essential for protecting human health and the environment. By following these steps, you can ensure safe and compliant disposal:
Identify and Segregate
Disposal begins with correctly identifying pharmaceutical waste and segregating it accordingly. With incorrectly disposed pharmaceutical waste causing risks of harm to both people and the environment, it’s vital to get it right. Correct segregation involves understanding hospital waste bin colour codes and the corresponding EWC codes for your waste.
Use the Correct Bin
There are many different types of bins used in hospitals and healthcare environments, for pharmaceutical waste disposal, it’s the blue boxes and blue lid containers you’ll need to use. Sharpsmart’s reusable pharmaceutical waste containers are a bagless system with a blue lid, and our 64-litre pharmaceutical waste containers have a colour-coded sticker.
Where Does Pharmaceutical Waste Go? Professional Collection Options
Regularly scheduled pickups by certified waste contractors that specialise in handling various types of clinical waste such as pharmaceutical waste, ensuring that it’s transported and treated according to legal and safety standards. This step is vital for safeguarding public health, as well as complying with regulations on a local and national level.
What Happens to Pharmaceutical Waste? Treatment and Disposal
There are different treatment options available for pharmaceutical waste depending on the type, these include denaturing, energy-from-waste treatment, and high-temperature incineration which effectively neutralises harmful chemicals, reducing the risk of any adverse environmental impact.
Environmental Considerations
The mismanagement of pharmaceutical waste has severe repercussions for the general public and the environment. If not handled properly, pharmaceutical waste can infiltrate our environment, causing water pollution and food contamination. By understanding the correct procedures and enlisting the help of licensed specialists, you can minimise your environmental impact and protect public safety.
Secure pharmaceutical waste management
Protecting staff and facilities in the collection of expired drugs and controlled substances
Setting a new industry benchmark in secure pharmaceutical waste management, the Sharpsmart pharmaceutical containment system mitigates unnecessary risk for healthcare practitioners and the public in the containment, disposal, transport and destruction of partially used or expired medications. Through its safety-engineered design, our unique containment system eliminates tampering, pillaging and misappropriation of discarded pharmaceuticals.
Track your waste by location
Tracsmart is an industry-leading mobile scanning technology that delivers real-time waste movement data to manage compliance, costs and environmental footprint.
Our mobile technology provides porters with an intuitive and easy-to-use scanning system which logs the exact waste collection location, fill-level of the bin and easy identification of compliance risks. Bringing full transparency to the daily management of clinical waste streams, Tracsmart delivers real-time data that enables hospitals to manage their costs, waste stream efficiencies, environmental footprint and compliance risks without any additional labour requirements.
No more unauthorised access to pharmaceuticals
Tamper-Proof containers with secure inbuilt locking mechanisms
In a day and age where pharmaceutical abuse prevention and expired medicine tracking is more critical than ever, Sharpsmart is fully invested in security systems that safeguard your waste journey. With containers that eliminate tampering, theft and misappropriation of discarded pharmaceuticals, and transport and CCTV processes that ensure visibility from cradle to grave, Sharpsmart provides full security of your pharmaceutical waste management.
Leaders in Green Innovation
When it comes to minimising healthcare’s environmental footprint, you have come to the right place!
In our 30 year history we have represented some of the world’s biggest hospital brands in driving green waste transformation; we have innovated across the spectrum of robotic washing technologies, reusable waste containment, alternative treatment methodologies and waste minimisation programmes; We see sustainable innovation as the cornerstone of our future. Reducing plastic, diverting waste, driving significant reductions in CO2 emissions… in healthcare facilities across the United Kingdom we have countless case studies and success stories to share.
Clean, Sanitised Clinical Waste Containers
We know it’s almost an oxymoron, but let us explain how Sharpsmart is leading the industry in its clean container movement…
We clean after use. That’s right… when your clinical waste container gets filled we don’t just put another bag in it and hope that someone in the next few months will clean the container. We take it away and the container gets cleaned through our state-of-the-art robotic washing machine. Made with over 15,000 parts, Sharpsmarts’ mechanical washline feeds each reusable container through a 6 stage washing and quality control process, achieving a 6log bacterial load – the highest ever recorded in a bin-washing technology. At Sharpsmart we take contamination and infection risk seriously; whether it’s a sharps, cytotoxic or pharmaceutical waste container, with Sharpsmart its hygiene will be guaranteed.
Pharmaceutical Waste Containers | Which Containers Should You Use?
We provide tamper-proof and secure reusable pharmaceutical waste containers that drive sustainability by reducing single-use plastics. These leakproof containers aid proper waste segregation and are the most secure option for storing non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste. Once your containers are ready to be serviced, we provide you with new reusable containers at a frequency that meets your needs.
Browse Our Clinically Engineered Products
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Bulk Movement Accessories Brochure
Bulk movement accessories maximise labour and movement efficiencies while minimising cross-contamination.
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Static Floorstand – 64 Series
With an accompanying foot pedal, this elevated floorstand permits the hands-free opening of Sharpsmart’s 64-series containers.
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Large Delivery Cart
Multi-container transportation; rubber buffers and brakes minimise noise and enhance mobility in a busy setting.
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S14A+ | Pharmaceutical Waste Access Plus Container
14 Litre pharmaceutical waste container, tamper-proof design with inbuilt overfill protection
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S22A+ | Pharmaceutical Waste Access Plus Container
Pharmaceutical waste container designed for compact mounting, easy mobility and open access in secure areas.
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S32A+ | Pharmaceutical Waste Access Plus Container
32L Pharmaceutical waste container for the containment of pharmaceuticals and medications in secure areas.
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PH64 | Pharmaceutical Waste Access Plus Container
64L Pharmaceutical waste container, ideal for secure areas generating large volumes of pharmaceutical waste.
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The Cartsmart
Enabling point-of-use positioning of all Sharpsmart S-Series sharps, cytotoxic and pharmaceutical containers.
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Cartsmart With Cleanzone Bracket & Tray
Cleanzone Tray enables small items to be transferred between patient environments whilst accomodating point-of-generation sharps disposal.
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Soft Close 64 Series Accessmart
This mobile trolley enables point-of-use hands-free disposal and the reduction of odour expulsion with its soft close mechanism.
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Locking Wall Bracket – Right Side Lock
With a unique key lock, the Sharpsmart container can be securely mounted and locked to the bracket, eliminating unauthorised removal.
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Locking Wall Bracket – Left Side Lock
With a unique key lock, the Sharpsmart container can be securely mounted and locked to the bracket, eliminating unauthorised removal.
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Locking Mountsmart
A bracket that enables versatile inward or outward mounting of Sharpsmart containers to allow 90 degree lid opening.
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S-Series Floorstand
By preventing tipping or spillage, this floor mounting option enhances stability of Sharpsmart containers.
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Mobile Carts and Floorstands Brochure
Sharpsmart’s mobile carts and floorstands provide point-of-use ease, infection-risk prevention, and improved safety for staff and patients.
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Wall Mounting Solutions Brochure
Sharpsmart’s wall mounted accessories provide space-optimising bulk storage for clean and full sharps containers.
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Bench and Trolley Mounting Solutions Brochure
Sharpsmart’s bench and trolley mounting solutions seamlessly integrate with your existing clinical equipment.
“We can count on Sharpsmart…”
Implementation, staff education and after sales service is of high quality. We can count on experienced staff to address any situation we encounter.
Solange Arseneau, New Product Coordinator
Vitalite Healthcare
“Sustainability is Incredible…”
We’ve used Sharpsmart for over four years. The traceable sustainability of the Sharpsmart containers is incredible.
Clare Topping, Energy & Sustainability Manager
Northampton General Hospital
“Support is Excellent…”
We have been using Sharpsmart for approximately 10 years in this time we have found the system to be a safe, quality product. The support provided by the team for training, advice, general support and knowledge is excellent.
Sharon Hindley, Support Services Manager
Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital
How Can Sharpsmart Help?
World-class clinically designed solutions optimised for safety and sustainability.
Holistic classification and disposal management of all hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste through a single provider.
Experts in regulatory compliance | We navigate the red tape for you and help you avoid fines and infringements.
Training and education solutions to help increase staff compliance and encourage better segregation and security measures.
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