Newcastle Clinical Waste Disposal Services

Effective waste removal in Newcastle 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 + Cytotoxic Waste Services
  • Bespoke Education, Waste Audits and Segregation Training

Clinical Waste Management in Newcastle: Key Regulations and Best Practices

Healthcare facilities in Newcastle must adhere to strict government regulations and legal requirements when seeking clinical waste management services. Here’s how Sharpsmart can help:

Regulatory Compliance You Can Trust

Colour-Coded Segregation Made Simple

  • Yellow lid sharps containers 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 solutions for highly infectious, infectious, cytotoxic, anatomical, and pharmaceutical waste, all aligned with the UK’s colour-coding scheme.

Supporting Duty of Care

  • We help healthcare facilities in Newcastle meet their Duty of Care obligations by offering detailed documentation and tracking for every waste transfer.
  • Our advanced technology tracks waste from collection to disposal and generates detailed data reports, ensuring a complete chain of custody and seamless compliance.

Driving Sustainability with Innovative Solutions

Training to Empower Your Team

  • We provide personalised training and educational programs tailored to your facility’s needs.
  • Our goal is to ensure every staff member is confident in waste segregation and handling, helping you maintain compliance and improve waste management practices across the board.

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Sharpsmart Uses Bold Colour to Improve Healthcare Waste Segregation

Sharpsmart has made a significant impact in the healthcare waste management sector with our innovative approach to colour-coded waste segregation.

Our iconic reusable sharps container aligns perfectly with the UK’s medical waste colour-coding scheme, as outlined in the Department of Health’s Healthcare Technical Memorandum 07-01 (HTM 07-01).

Sharps Waste

In the UK, yellow, orange and purple containers are designated for sharps waste, such as needles and other sharp instruments.

At Sharpsmart, we ensure our containers not only meet regulatory standards but also offer enhanced safety and reusability, setting a new benchmark for healthcare waste management.

Comprehensive Colour-Coded Waste Segregation

We offer solutions for a variety of healthcare waste streams, all strictly adhering to the UK’s colour-coding guidelines:

  • Yellow: For highly infectious clinical waste requiring incineration.
  • Orange: For infectious waste suitable for alternative treatments.
  • Purple: For cytotoxic and cytostatic waste.
  • Red: For anatomical waste.
  • Blue: For pharmaceutical waste.


Services Sharpsmart Delivers to Newcastle Hospitals and Primary Care Facilities 

  • Personalised training and educational benchmarks for your staff around healthcare waste segregation
  • Data and strategies to drive clinical waste volume reduction
  • Compliant Cradle to grave waste management for offensive, clinical, sharps, pharmaceutical and cytotoxic wastes
  • Reusable sharps containers with over 20 inbuilt safety features
  • Pharmaceuticals and controlled substances waste disposal and training
  • Technology that allows for waste tracking and detailed data extraction
  • Quantifiable results with KPI Management

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Sharpsmart’s Washmart: The Fully Automated Solution for Sharps Container Sanitisation 

The process how our Washsmart system came to be is a key piece of our origin story, which actually began with a second-hand washing machine.

Our CEO, Dan Daniels, sought to create the world’s safest and most eco-friendly sharps container, while simultaneously developing a compliant method of washing and decontamination. He achieved both goals!

Our Washsmart Acheives:

  • The highest levels of microbiological efficacy and bacterial load reduction using eco-friendly cleaning solutions and powerful jet-blasting hoses with steam technology.
  • Complete removal of blood and other human-source soiling inside of a container.
  • An independently verified sanitisation level that exceeds the requirements for high-level disinfection.
  • Parameters that ensure quality ensuring the entire washing process from time, temperature and water volumes necessary to achieve our high standard of cleanliness.


Sharpsmart Understands the Needs of Healthcare Facilities in Newcastle

Contact us to see how we can help your Newcastle facility better manage its sharps, clinical, and pharmaceutical waste disposal.

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We Service Locally

Just down the road from Newcastle lies our Spennymoor processing plant, which has proudly served local hospitals and primary care facilities for over 24 years.

At this state-of-the-art facility, our expert team ensures the cleanliness and quality of our reusable containers using advanced robotic washing technology and eco-friendly treatment solutions. Every year, we process countless reusable sharps, clinical, and pharmaceutical waste containers.

Local service is at the heart of Sharpsmart’s mission. By working closely with healthcare providers, we optimise compliance, efficiency, and safety. More than just waste disposal, we deliver sustainable solutions that reduce infection risks and support clinicians every step of the way.

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