Waste

Healthcare facilities and services produce tons of waste every day. Waste therefore offers many opportunities for us to significantly shrink our environmental footprint by minimising or eliminating the generation of waste at the source, segregating ordinary waste from infectious waste and diverting recyclable waste from the solid waste stream.

Waste CASE STUDIES

NHS TAYSIDE – USING WARP-IT TO ENABLE RE-USE

Warp-it is now in use across many Health Boards in Scotland. One of the pioneers of its use in NHS Scotland was NHS Tayside, who have been using it for over 6 years.

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NHS TAYSIDE – USING WARP-IT TO ENABLE RE-USE

Once the team within the Health Board had reviewed Warp-it and explored the costs to join and the benefits that could be achieved, it was very straightforward decision for them to sign up to the portal.

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NHS GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE – SEGREGATING WASTE IN THEATRES

Healthcare facilities and services produce tons of waste every day. Waste therefore offers many opportunities for us to significantly shrink our environmental footprint by minimising or eliminating the generation of waste at the source, segregating ordinary waste from infectious waste and diverting recyclable waste from the solid waste stream.

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POLICY DOCUMENTS

Zero Waste Scotland Regulations

Scotland’s waste regulations have changed for all organisations, whether private public or voluntary. Since 1 January 2014, the Waste (Scotland) Regulations have been in force.

PARTNER RESOURCES

Zero Waste Scotland

We lead Scotland to use products and resources responsibly, focusing on where we can have the greatest impact on climate change

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Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland

Our circular economy strategy to build a strong economy, protect our resources and support the environment.

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