Pages tagged with 'recycling'

Plymouth University presentation from Sustainability Network meeting (J.Grose 07.03.12)

 

A powerpoint presentation from Jane Grose of Plymouth University, given at the South West NHS Sustainability Network meeting in Taunton on 07 March 2012. The presentation introduces a project being undertaken in Plymouth to understand how can attitudes, beliefs and knowledge contribute to a reduce, re-use and recycle approach to healthcare waste management

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

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.

Soil Association presentation from Sustainability Network meeting 15.03.11 (E. Hockridge)

 

Powerpoint presentation given at the South West NHS Sustainability Network meeting by Emma Hockridge, Head of Policy from the Soil Association. Saved as a PDF document.

RUH presentation from Sustainability Network meeting 15.03.11 (H. Jones)

 

Powerpoint presentation given at the South West NHS Sustainability Network meeting by Howard Jones, Director of Estates & Facilities at the RUH, Bath.

Free Battery Recycling at Torbay Care Trust

Project: 
Battery Back at Torbay Care Trust

Torbay Care Trust have set up domestic battery recycling with Battery Back, a free service set up in conjunction through NHS Supply Chain under The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009. Battery Back offer three size containers, 5 litres, 60 litres and 120 litres. Torbay Care Trust have implemented the scheme at all Trust sites and GP practices creating 54 drop off points. 

RUH opens first hospital Recycle Zone

Tue, 11/05/2010

The Recycle Zone at the Royal United Hospital, Bath is the first project of its kind in a hospital in the South West. Staff at the hospital already recycle much of the waste created but a lot of this happens ’behind the scenes’. For visitors and patients, this will be the first time they can recycle some of the things they usually recycle at home, with over 50 recycling units are now available at various public locations across the hospital such as the Atrium Reception, restaurants, education centre, some wards, theatres and the bus stop. For more information of what's available on site, visit the recycle page on the RUH website.

Workplace Wasters - Brits more environmentally aware at home than at work (20.11.09)

Fri, 20/11/2009

Brits are happy to recycle and follow green practises at home but leave their environmental conscience at the door when they arrive for work. That’s the conclusion of a new survey by Tickbox.net/Opinion Matters out today (20.11.09) which highlights how attitudes towards recycling and energy saving differ between the home and the workplace.