London Clinical Waste Disposal Services
Effective waste removal in London is vital for healthcare facilities to ensure safety, compliance and sustainability. Sharpsmart offers tailored solutions, expert support and eco-friendly waste disposal services.
The Sharpsmart Difference
We provide sharps and clinical waste bins and 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
Types of waste we service and solutions we provide include:
- Offensive and Infectious Clinical Waste Services
- Safe Biohazardous Sharps Disposal
- Pharmaceutical Waste Services
- Hazardous Waste Removal and Cytotoxic Waste Services
- Bespoke Education, Waste Audits and Segregation Training
Clinical Waste Management in London: Key Regulations and Best Practices
Healthcare facilities in London must comply with stringent government regulations and legal requirements for clinical waste management. Here’s how Sharpsmart can support your facility:
Regulatory Compliance You Can Trust
- At Sharpsmart, our waste management solutions are designed to comply with the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Controlled Waste Regulations 2012, and Healthcare Technical Memorandum 07-01.
- Our colour-coded segregation system ensures that healthcare staff can easily identify and dispose of clinical waste in full compliance with UK guidelines.
Colour-Coded Segregation Made Simple
- Yellow lid sharps container: For sharps waste contaminated with medicines or chemicals other than cytotoxic and/or cytostatic components.
- Orange lid sharps containers: For non-medicinally contaminated sharps waste.
- Purple lid sharps containers: For any cytotoxic or cytostatic sharps waste.
- Other Waste Streams: We provide tailored solutions for highly infectious, infectious, cytotoxic, anatomical, and pharmaceutical waste, all aligned with the UK’s colour-coding scheme.
Supporting Duty of Care
- Sharpsmart helps healthcare facilities in London meet their Duty of Care obligations by providing detailed documentation and tracking for every waste transfer.
- Our advanced technology tracks waste from collection to disposal, generating detailed reports to ensure a complete chain of custody and seamless compliance.
Driving Sustainability with Innovative Solutions
- Sharpsmart’s reusable container systems and robotic Washsmart process are aligned with the NHS Clinical Waste Strategy’s net zero carbon goals.
- Peer-reviewed studies demonstrate that our solutions can reduce a facility’s carbon footprint by 90%, while significantly lowering overall waste volumes.
Training to Empower Your Team
- We offer tailored training and educational programs to ensure every staff member is confident in waste segregation and handling. This helps your facility maintain compliance and improve waste management practices across the board.
- Let Sharpsmart streamline your waste removal in London, ensuring compliance, sustainability, and efficiency at every step.
London Healthcare Waste Management with a Difference
Sharpsmart has forged a strong reputation for being one of the most innovative healthcare waste service companies in the world. Partner with us for innovative, compliant, and sustainable waste management in London.
A Vision for Safety
- Sharpsmart began with a mission to create the world’s safest sharps container to reduce needlestick injuries.
- Achievements include:
- 6 peer-reviewed studies validating safety outcomes.
- Proven results across 2,000+ hospitals in the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia.
- Millions of disposable sharps containers diverted from incineration and landfill annually.
Trusted by Leading Healthcare Organisations
- Partnering with respected institutions such as the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
- Renowned for exceptional compliance and innovative waste management solutions.
Reducing Waste, Not Increasing Costs
- Unlike traditional waste management companies, Sharpsmart begins with understanding how to reduce your waste.
Comprehensive Services for Healthcare Facilities
- Offering services from reusable sharps containers to pharmaceutical disposal and total healthcare waste management.
- Supporting facilities of all sizes, from cancer centres to multi-site hospitals.
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!
Here’s what truly sets us apart:
- 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
- Audit and KPI management.
- Our people are simply amazing.
Remove the Stress of Clinical Waste Collection in London with Sharpsmart
Managing clinical waste doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Sharpsmart specialises in simplifying waste collection and disposal processes for healthcare facilities in London. We help you develop a waste education strategy, assist with waste audits to ensure your compliance needs are met, and present solutions that will drive overall cost and waste reductions, like our Verify Waste Categorisation Tool.
Sharpsmart has supported the sustainability and safety initiatives of healthcare facilities across the UK since 2000, and we have never lost a hospital account in the UK.
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 in London. 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 33 years Sharpsmart have become experts in delivering solutions for the niche requirements of healthcare, including those related to clinical waste removal in London. 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
At Sharpsmart, we prioritise local service to ensure compliance, safety, and efficiency. With a treatment facility and service network close to London, our dedicated team supports healthcare facilities with urgent needs, on-site training, and waste audits.
We proudly partner with leading healthcare providers such as Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College Hospital, and the Royal College of Nursing. Every service is handled by our trucks, our team, and our expertise, delivering complete waste management solutions that minimise risks.
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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