What happens when a facility experiences a sudden increase in waste?

Healthcare waste volumes can change unexpectedly, so the service needs enough flexibility to respond. Sharpsmart uses service data and local planning to monitor changes in waste volumes and collection requirements. Where additional capacity is needed, this may involve adjusting collection schedules, supplying additional containers or increasing processing activity.

With our reusable offering, we also plan for a degree of flexibility and emergency container usage during initial system install to provide a buffer.

Our UK network also provides contingency options that can help redistribute activity when required.

Planning for these situations is an important part of service resilience because it helps reduce the likelihood of waste accumulating on site when activity changes unexpectedly.