Sustainability & Carbon Reduction

Discover how East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust diverted 61% of their healthcare waste from carbon-intensive treatment.

Discover how Bridgewater Community Healthcare diverted a surprisingly high volume of metal waste into recycling.

Yeovil saw many benefits from switching to Sharpsmart, including CO2 reduction, sharps wast reduction, and more.

Royal Free Trust was able to reduce their CO2 emissions by over 150 tonnes and reduce sharps waste volume by over 25 tonnes - all by partnering with Sharpsmart.

Sharpsmart’s reusable waste containment solutions have improved waste management within this organisation and ensured a more succinct waste disposal process.

New Hanover Regional Medical Centre, a 692 bed hospital located in Wilmington NC reduced 50 tons of sharps from going into landfills in 2 years.

Learn how Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust doubled their offensive waste output within 5 months, exceeding the 20-20-60 waste split.

The article compares the global warming potential (GWP) of 40 acute NHS Trust hospitals converting from single-use plastic containers to reusable sharps containers.

A microbiological study to investigate the volume of plastic that could be reduced through implementation of a reusable sharps container system.

This before/after intervention studies UK hospitals to attain information on the differences in CO2 emissions from reusable and disposable sharps systems.

The 2 year study, ‘Impact on Carbon Footprint: An LCA of Disposable vs Reusable Sharps Containers in a large US Hospital’ was conducted in an 850 bed acute care facility to determine the reduction of GHG Emissions from the Sharpsmart container.

Learn the definition of the waste hierarchy and how healthcare facilities can implement this framework to prioritise waste management methods that reduce CO₂e.