Simpler Recycling
Sharpsmart’s Continual Improvement Team can help your facility prepare and optimise for the UK Government’s Simpler Recycling initiative with tailored training, infrastructure assessments and practical support.
An Expert Partner in Simpler Recycling
Supporting Simpler Recycling compliance from within the four walls.
Since March 2025, all healthcare organisations with 10 or more Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees have been mandated to separate plastic, paper, glass, metals and food waste from general waste – with further requirements to follow by March 2027.
The Result? Facilities that don’t act now risk contamination, higher disposal costs and potential non-conformance penalties as regulations tighten.
We changed the way healthcare approaches recyclable waste segregation.
Sharpsmart’s Continual Improvement Team works alongside your staff inside the four walls to embed enhanced recycling practices and ensure your facility is prepared for compliance with regulatory updates through optimised segregation.
Whether you’re a current partner of ours looking for Continual Improvement and Optimisation, or you already have a waste service provider and need expert guidance and support – we use clinical expertise and data-led insight to help your teams:
- Stay compliant with all food waste and dry mixed recyclable regulations.
- Avoid costly contamination by embedding clear, simple segregation practices.
- Build readiness for the future with infrastructure, signage and training that adapt as new requirements are introduced.
This isn’t just consultancy. It’s a hands-on partnership that helps reshape behaviours to deliver Simpler Recycling outcomes that safeguard your facility today, whilst preparing it for tomorrow.
Our Continual Improvement & Optimisation Projects
We offer a variety of project-based solutions as part of our Continual Improvement & Optimisation solution…
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Waste Trends Audits
Explore Waste Trends Audits with Sharpsmart as part of our Continual Improvement & Optimisation programme.
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Pre-Acceptance Audits
Explore Pre-Acceptance Audits with Sharpsmart as part of our Continual Improvement & Optimisation programme.
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Offensive Waste Optimisation
Explore Offensive Waste Optimisation with Sharpsmart as part of our Continual Improvement & Optimisation programme.
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Waste Training and Education
Explore waste training and education with Sharpsmart as part of our Continual Improvement & Optimisation offering.
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Continual Improvement & Optimisation
Drive clinical outcomes with our Continual Improvement & Optimisation projects.
Struggling to Understand Simpler Recycling?
See the Sharpsmart guide to Simpler Recycling, which breaks down the initiative, outlines the timeline, and provides practical tips for getting it right.
“Always there to help…”
The Sharpsmart team are committed to us as a customer and are a pleasure to deal with. I would highly recommend them.
Sandra Fenwick, Waste Officer
Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust
“We’ve seen a 20% waste reduction…”
The introduction of the Bag to Bedside system has not only created a cleaner ward environment and more pleasurable patient experience, it has ensured that we have made significant reductions in both waste treatment costs and clinical waste output. Initial estimates following rollout show that we have diverted close to 50% of orange bag waste to the offensive and domestic waste streams, which has resulted in a 20% reduction in our costs for these waste streams.
Jeff Trevor, Waste Manager
University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust
“Exceptional Training…”
For a number of years I have had the pleasure of having Sharpsmart as a service provider and throughout the years I have been impressed with their commitment to customer service. We have not only been the recipient of good quality service, our staff have been provided exceptional training by informative and dedicated staff. Our questions and issues are always addressed in a timely manner and the team at Sharpsmart have always gone above and beyond our expectations.
Catherine Lockwood, Manager – Customer Support Services
Joseph Brant Hospital
“Sustainability is Incredible…”
We’ve used Sharpsmart for over four years. The traceable sustainability of the Sharpsmart containers is incredible.
Clare Topping, Energy & Sustainability Manager
Northampton General Hospital
The Sharpsmart Difference
Healthcare Waste Management cost efficiencies are derived from the successful deployment of five key elements.
At Sharpsmart we work closely with our customers to ensure that all healthcare staff are protected, trained and equipped, that the facilities’ risk profile is managed, and that costs associated with the handling of healthcare waste are minimised. Learn more about how Sharpsmart engages these five key elements to deliver cost-savings, safety, compliance, segregation and labour efficiencies to healthcare facilities across the United Kingdom.
Safety
The Sharpsmart Difference
Our highest commitment is safety; through intelligent products, systemised solutions and bespoke training, we work with our customers to reduce needlestick injuries and bloodborne pathogen exposure, minimise infection transfer risk, and provide solutions that protect the safety of staff and patients.
Sustainability
The Sharpsmart Difference
Our reusable products and environmentally responsible treatment services are designed to increase segregation accuracy, reduce CO2 burden and minimise waste volumes going to landfill. Through waste mapping, auditing and environmentally graded solutions, we work with our customers to achieve the highest green ratings.
Efficiency
The Sharpsmart Difference
Sharpsmart optimises the efficiencies of healthcare environments through smart products, point-of-use solutions, process re-engineering and redefined waste handling methodologies. Significantly reducing labour through point-of-use bagless containment systems, wall mounting accessories and logistical solutions, our customised services guarantee optimised time and movement efficiencies and optimised costs.
Compliance
The Sharpsmart Difference
Experts in the regulatory complexities governing the healthcare sector, we position ourselves as an astute partner delivering expert guidance and compliant solutions to our customers. All Sharpsmart solutions are vetted against federal, provincial and municipal regulations and executed through waste plans and training to achieve optimised safety and compliance.
Education
The Sharpsmart Difference
Our ongoing commitment to educate staff within healthcare ensures that together we achieve greater safety awareness and drive behavioural change in waste management, segregation, compliance and best practice management. Through onsite training, educational material and module-based e-learning, we ensure all healthcare staff are trained and compliance certified.
FAQ’s
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