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96 Mayor of London Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Proposal 22 The Mayor will work with the Environment Agency, London boroughs and private companies providing hazardous waste management services to ensure London’s businesses reduce the quantity of hazardous waste they are producing and collect it separately for safe disposal. Healthcare sector waste 4.65 The healthcare sector produces large quantities of waste from its hospitals, doctors’ surgeries and other clinics. This comprises general waste and recycled materials arising from offices, canteens and waiting areas and clinical hazardous waste, which includes: ■ drugs or other pharmaceutical products ■ swabs or dressings ■ blood or other bodily fluids ■ syringes, needles or other sharp instruments. 4.66 In 2001, the NHS generated an estimated 385,000 tonnes of healthcare sector waste, one per cent of the total waste produced in England and Wales 214 . Of this, roughly two-thirds was general waste and one-third clinical hazardous waste 215 . There are strict controls to ensure it is handled and disposed of safely. As a result, it is expensive to manage; approximately ten times the cost of general waste. Take action 4.67 Proper segregation of clinical waste for safe disposal is critical because prevention of infection is the priority. However, a large proportion of non-hazardous healthcare sector waste is likely to be recyclable or compostable and it is possible to establish a recycling scheme for healthcare sector waste without compromising safety. A waste audit can assist in the design of a collection system that enables the segregation of clinical waste from general waste and recyclable materials. 4.68 Such measures could help control waste management costs by ensuring healthcare sector wastes are correctly disposed of. Up to 60 per cent of waste collected in hazardous waste bins is actually general waste 216 , which has huge cost implications. Larger healthcare facilities should consider using the savings from correctly identifying and disposing of clinical waste to fund a post responsible for waste management.
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 97 Case study 38 - Significant cost savings from hospital waste management programme The University College London NHS teaching trust undertook several measures to better manage their clinical waste. Conducting a waste audit enabled them to set targets to reduce the amount of clinical waste produced and identify material streams for recycling. The trust also ran a staff-training programme and reviewed the provision of clinical waste sacks. These measures reduced their clinical waste arisings from 60 tonnes per month to approximately 45 tonnes per month within three months of the programme starting. This has resulted in an annual cost saving of £40,000. The trust also now recycles between 40 and 60 bales of cardboard every week as well as smaller amounts of paper, glass, cans, fluorescent tubes and pallets. Source: Department of Health Healthcare waste minimisation: A compendium of good practice Case study 39 - Awareness and infrastructure make hospital recycling easy London Remade has been delivering a new recycling initiative in Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust across its administration and catering departments. The programme addresses changes in European legislation, which requires Trusts to demonstrate good practice in environmental performance. The green overhaul includes the provision of recycling bins across the hospital to encourage staff to recycle all general waste including paper, cardboard, plastics, cans and glass. To make the process as straightforward as possible, a co-mingled recycling system is in place meaning all recycled materials can be placed in the same bin and posters have been placed across the hospital to raise awareness of the scheme. Soon after the initiative commenced, the Trust was recycling over two tonnes of materials per month. Source: London Remade 4.69 There is no single Londonwide NHS waste and recycling collection contract, each hospital or healthcare centre has an individual contract. For some this will be with the private sector although for others the contract will be with the local authority. Most of the general waste produced by the healthcare sector is considered by law to be household waste and as such local authorities are obliged to collect it if requested, although they may charge for the service 217 . Under the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 local authorities are obliged to provide a basic recycling service for household waste by 2010, which will provide an
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