London Clinical Waste Disposal
When it comes to clinical waste management, Sharpsmart does things a little differently than most! Let us walk you through how we can drive infection, cost and waste volume reduction in your facility.
The Sharpsmart Difference
- We provide sharps and clinical waste containers designed by clinicians for clinicians!
- All containers sanitised through a world-leading robotic washing / decontamination process
- Waste reduction and segregation initiatives reduce costs and improve carbon footprint
- Scheduling that supports your practice – you pay only for what you need
- Eliminate disposal-related needlestick injuries with our advanced sharps safety systems
- Eliminate the purchase, incineration costs and landfill of one-time-use disposable containers
- Local Reliable Service, Local Drivers, Local Treatment. No third parties
Solutions
- Offensive and Infectious Clinical Waste Services
- Safe Biohazardous Sharps Disposal
- Pharmaceutical Waste Services
- Hazardous + Cytotoxic Waste Services
- Bespoke Education, Waste Audits and Segregation Training
Sharps and Clinical Waste Management in London
Where do you find Harrods, the London Eye, the Tower of London, The Shard and Westminster Abbey? London, of course! Founded as ‘Londonium’ by the Romans in 47AD, this ethnically, culturally and historically rich destination is famous for many things including; the world’s first underground railway system built in 1863, Big Ben (which is actually the name of the bell and not the clock tower) and the Royal Family, who have reigned for over 1200 years.
You can never fall short of things to do in this energetic and vibrant city. Discover London by travelling on the famous Tube, or hail a black cab for a more luxurious experience on the way to catch an Arsenal game, take a Jack the Ripper tour or visit one of the many traditional English pubs. While you’re in the cab, ask your driver about any location in London and they’ll know it. Black cab drivers need to pass a test called ‘The Knowledge’, which requires approximately 2-4 years of study and after which they are expected to know over 25,000 roads and 20,000 landmarks, so you can trust you’re in good hands.
Big names in entertainment, music, literature and history such as Karl Marx, Charles Dickens, Anna Wintour, Rod Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Diana all, at one time called this city home. With over 300 languages spoken, nearly 200 museums and Buckingham Palace – need we say more?
Which is why it’s no surprise that healthcare is just as important to Londoners as a fresh scone and warm cup of tea.
London Healthcare Waste Management with a difference.
As the only clinical waste disposal company with a clean processing plant within the city of London, Sharpsmart is the best kept secret in the healthcare waste scene. We’re local, and we can do it all from reusable sharps containers through to pharmaceutical disposal and healthcare total waste management.
Our story started with safety and the singular vision of creating the world’s safest sharps container to reduce needlestick injuries. And… we achieved it! 6 peer reviewed studies, proven results in over 2000 hospitals in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia, millions of disposable sharps containers eliminated from incineration and landfill each year – Sharpsmart has forged a strong reputation for being one of the most innovative healthcare waste service companies in the world. We’re proud that organisations like Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have partnered with us and noted our penache for compliance; but it’s not just safety we’re known for….
In London and across the United Kingdom, Sharpsmart provides clinical waste containment and disposal, education and segregation and audit consultancy services to all sized healthcare facilities from cancer centres all the way through to multi-site hospitals. However unlike traditional waste management companies, we start with understanding how we can reduce your waste, not increase your costs! (I know, it’s revolutionary!!!)
In trying to explain what we do, we’ll start with what’s familiar. Services we provide include:
- Reusable sharps containers and sharps waste management
- Offensive, Anatomical and Clinical waste disposal
- Cytotoxic waste disposal
- Pharmaceutical Disposal, Hazardous Waste and Controlled Substances
- Total waste management, i.e. we do everything!
But there’s a few things that make us really different and what we’re most proud of!
- Implementing healthcare waste reduction strategies to reduce costs and drive sustainability goals
- Clinical Waste Education to upskill clinical staff on best-practice safety and segregation behaviours
- Safest clinical waste containers in the world! (Big claim, but we can back it up!)
- Audit and KPI management. (We hold ourselves to our promises!)
- Our people are simply amazing. Just wait until you meet them!
Clinical waste management shouldn’t be daunting!
In a sea of regulatory advice, it’s sometimes difficult to navigate what healthcare waste handling and storage requirements are applicable for you. We can help, and we can make it easy. Our team have extensive experience and education in clinical waste management and can distill the hard questions into easy-to-understand steps for you and your staff. We help you develop a waste education strategy, we assist with waste audits to ensure your compliance needs are met, and we will naturally put forward solutions that will drive overall cost and waste reductions, like our Vacsmart system or Verify Waste Categorisation Tool. And we’ll hold ourselves accountable to the results!
Sharpsmart has supported the sustainability and safety initiatives of healthcare facilities across the UK since 2000 and we are proud to say that we have never lost a hospital account in the UK. That’s a pretty incredible track record and one that we are immensely proud of (Hear what our customers think). Our founder/owner, Dan Daniels, sets a benchmark of service excellence that inspires all of us. When Dan founded the business in 1986 he cleaned containers, he serviced customers, he drove vans containing clinical waste, and then he went back to his day job of running a motel… it is this circumspect experience that brings a daily reality to all of us that every customer interaction matters. In healthcare it’s the patient experience that drives you, and for Sharpsmart, it’s the protection of clinicians and simplification of services that drives us.
Sharpsmart understands the needs of healthcare facilities in London. Contact us and see how we can help your facility better manage your sharps, clinical and pharmaceutical waste disposal.
Reduce Waste, Segregate Better
Providing safe clinically designed solutions that drive reductions in costs and environmental burden
By diverting waste into appropriate waste streams, implementing waste volume-reduction strategies, and introducing reusable solutions that eliminate the purchase and disposal of plastic, Sharpsmart can radically transform the costs and environmental burden of healthcare waste management. Understanding the needs of each facility we work with, we create a waste optimisation program that hits all the high notes of lowering costs, reducing overall clinical waste volumes, reducing co2 emissions through recycling, reusability and landfill diversion, educating and accrediting staff in safe waste handling, and creating a safer workplace for carers and patients.
Dramatically reduced infection transfer risk
Foot-pedal operated bagless system
This no-touch alternative results in a dramatic reduction in the infection transfer risk that currently exists using standard clinical waste containers.The Clinismart reusable system ensures that once full, each container is removed from your premises, emptied, and then subjected to a rigorous 6-stage robotic wash and sanitisation process that eliminates challenge organisms andproves a 106 Log reduction inbacterial load.
Sharpsmart. World Leading Sharps Safety Technology
Peer reviewed in four independent studies, clinically proven to reduce Sharps Injuries by up to 87%, and relied on by healthcare facilities around the world, the Sharpsmart sharps containment system is driven by a single objective – To Save Lives. Designed with 13 safety features, manufactured with needle-impenetrable plastic, a gravity balanced safety tray for risk-free sharps disposal, and a built-in overfill protection mechanism, the Sharpsmart is the most advanced sharps container system in the world.
Secure pharmaceutical waste management
Protecting staff and facilities in the collection of expired drugs and controlled substances
Setting a new industry benchmark in secure pharmaceutical waste management, the Sharpsmart pharmaceutical containment system mitigates unnecessary risk for healthcare practitioners and the public in the containment, disposal, transport and destruction of partially used or expired medications. Through its safety-engineered design, our unique containment system eliminates tampering, pillaging and misappropriation of discarded pharmaceuticals.
How We Serve You
Across 6 countries, Sharpsmart has become a brand name synonymous with healthcare innovation and service
In 24+ years Sharpsmart have become experts in delivering solutions for the niche requirements of healthcare. From small physicians offices to large hospitals, our scalable business model ensures that every customer receives:
- Timely scheduled services with clear transparent communication
- Minimum disruption to patient care
- Safety and Security underpinning all clinical waste handling practices
- A positive and friendly customer experience
- Cost-effective customised solutions that guarantee efficiencies and maximise savings
We service locally.
One of the most important things to us as a national company is being able to serve at a local level to ensure compliance, safety, costs and efficiencies are optimised. As well as having a local treatment facility and service network within the city of London, we have a team of account managers and customer excellence on hand to ensure our services are running smoothly and we are able to facilitate urgent needs or on-site training and waste audits.
In London, we partner with leading healthcare brands including the Royal Free Hospital, Kings College Hospital and the Royal College of Nursing. We’re servicing hospitals and healthcare facilities, including the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, every day and we’re proud to say that for every service, it is our trucks, our people, and our expertise that are able to deliver a cradle to grave solution that protects our customers’ risk profile. To learn more about our sustainability-driven waste management services, visit our operations page here.
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All Waste Streams
We can manage all healthcare waste streams including sharps, offensive and clinical waste, pharmaceutical, cytotoxic and anatomical waste.
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People That Care
Our people are amazing, and they are truly invested in the vision of making healthcare safer, which means – helping you!
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All Healthcare Facilities
Sharpsmart is proud to work with over 1500 hospitals, laboratories, cancer centres and nursing homes across the UK. We’re a pretty good fit!
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Waste Reduction
We are passionate about segregating better, reducing waste volumes, lessening environmental burden, and reporting results that instigate change.
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Flexible Scheduling
With local service, our solutions match your facility’s volume and pickup requirements, not our pockets! You pay only for what you need.
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Education that Drives Change
Through bespoke education resources and online waste categorisation training, we empower our customers to drive greater segregation and lower costs.
Let's Talk!
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