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08.12.11 Network Update Presentation

 

Powerpoint presentation by Lynn Gibbons, Manager of Sustainable Health SW, given at the NHS South West Sustainability Network on Thursday, 08 December 2011 in Bristol. The presentation provides an update of national and regional sustainability news and events, and the new SDU regional maps for carbon reduction and waste and water reduction.

08.12.11 Transition Update Presentation

 

Powerpoint presentation by Gemma Dunn, Public Health Programme Lead from NHS South of England, given at the NHS South West Sustainability Network on Thursday, 08 December 2011 in Bristol. The presentation provides an update of the public health transition (including the Health and Social Care Bill and related policy documents), Public Health England and information about a South of England videoconference.

08.12.11 Medicines Waste Presentation

 

Presentation (PDF format) by Christopher Llewellyn,  Medicines Management Pharmacist and Georgina Smith,  Corporate Sustainability Manager from NHS Goucestershire, given at the NHS South West Sustainability Network on Thursday, 08 December 2011 in Bristol. The presentation provides an overview a medicines waste programme undertaken by NHS Gloucestershire in November and December 2010. If you would like the powerpoint version, please contact Lynn.

Asthma Inhaler Recycling Extended

Wed, 09/11/2011

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has rolled out its respiratory inhaler recycling scheme to community pharmacies across the country following successful trials. The scheme, Complete the Cycle, is run in partnership with TerraCycle UK and was piloted earlier this year in selected branches of The Co-operative Pharmacy. The initiative is just one of the steps GSK is taking to meet its target of having zero waste to landfill by 2020.

Reusing Equipment to Deliver Savings Through ‘NHS Reuse’ - Webinar

Date: 
27/09/2011
Location: 
At your desk

NHS Reuse is a simple, secure, web-based system to facilitate the reuse of furniture and equipment within the NHS, delivering financial and environmental savings. This 30 minute webinar (starting at 2pm) will cover: the background to NHS Reuse, and why University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and Serco have developed it, a demonstration of NHS Reuse, and how it can help deliver financial and environmental savings through reuse to an NHS Trust, the UCLH case study, demonstrating real savings that have been made through using NHS Reuse. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE 2DEGREES WEBSITE

One third of world's food wasted - UN study

Fri, 13/05/2011

About one third of all food produced for human consumption goes to waste, according to a study commissioned by the United Nations food agency, amounting to more than one billion tonnes of waste every year. Consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food, 222 million tonnes, as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa. CLICK HERE for the full report.

Revised Healthcare Waste document

Tue, 03/05/2011

The revised safe management of healthcare waste guidance document was published by DH last month This is the second edition of this manual, providing an update to Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 first published in 2006. See the PDF below for full detail

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The South West is 'happiest' to recycle (from edie.net)

Wed, 13/04/2011

People in the south west of England are the most enthusiastic recyclers in the country, according to the latest opinion poll. Friends of the Earth's new regional recycling league table evaluated people's attitudes to recycling at home and in the workplace and put all the regions in order of how much they love to recycle. The south west topped the poll with 77% saying they recycle even if it requires extra effort.

Annual Environmental Law Update

Presentations from Groundwork's annual Environmental Law update, held across the region in 2010. These presentations are from the March event at Bond Pearce in Bristol, and cover a general update on environmental law (including CRC) and an update on the EA's new civil sanctions procedures.

Event: 
Annual Environmental Law Update
Resources: 
Environmental Law Update presentation (D. Tilney 03.2011)
OFE and Civil Sanctions presentation (A. Palfrey 03.2011)

OFE and Civil Sanctions presentation (A. Palfrey 03.2011)

 

A powerpoint presentation given at the Groundwork Environmental Legislation update in March 2011 Andrew Palfrey, Senior Environment Officer from the Environment Agency. The presentation covers Outcome Focussed Enforcement & Civil Sanctions and explains the new EA system that is concerned with outcomes (e.g. restoration of the environment) rather than outputs (‘normal enforcement response’).

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