Total Waste Management Solutions

With safety, security and compliance underpinning our cradle to grave waste management processes, Sharpsmart’s waste handling, transport and treatment expertise supports all sized healthcare facilities manage all clinical and domestic wastestreams

Total Waste Management

With 30+ years experience, we know a thing or two about Waste management in healthcare

Our approach to total waste management is very different from most other waste companies because our services are dedicated to healthcare. Hospitals and patient care environments face human, infection and emergency pressures that few other industries would ever need to negotiate, and therefore the process of movement, handling and even storage of waste renders clinical consideration.


Waste optimisation and a safety-led approach to all waste streams generated out of a healthcare facility should be the minimum standard irrespective of facility or organisation type. At Sharpsmart, our role as experts, is to provide you with the most safe, seamless and cost-effective means of managing all waste streams. Whether this is clinical waste, lightbulbs or confidential waste; or the provision of an 1100 Litre bin for single stream recycling and ward mounted reusable sharps containers, our solutions are scalable and versatile across all sized healthcare facilities. Through our total waste management contracts and trusted partnerships we align your facility’s goals with our own in creating a total waste solution that drives the following outcomes:

  • Focusing on the intricate needs of your facility, and driving waste optimisation improvements internally before it reaches the waste compound
  • Managing waste according to the waste hierarchy and in compliance with (HTM) 07-01 requirements; minimising costs and environmental burden
  • Minimising patient interruptions by delivering consistent waste handling and movement procedures throughout the facility
  • Managing your waste through a single partner, delivers strong accountability to cost, segregation and waste reduction goals

Our Environmental Focus Puts Prevention First

Our staff, our processes and our sub-contractor partnerships are all performance-driven against the waste hierarchy. Our focus is first on prevention and doing everything within our control to minimise environmental impact.

  • Responsible utilisation of water and energy consumption in transport and container processing
  • Reusable product and containment that minimise CO2 emissions and manufacturing requirement
  • Green-friendly energy-efficient technology with low-temperature treatment
  • Integrated approach to waste management that examines the full life cycle of the waste journey

Waste Streams we manage

Sharpsmart’s innovative green containment, technologies and overall approach to segregation, waste minimisation and total waste management sets us apart as a sustainability focused organisation. We don’t accept “standard service”, we expect that every healthcare facility is different and focus on identifying the safest, most efficient, and most cost-effective means of managing all waste streams according to site requirements. In addition to our full suite of clinical waste services, here are some of the other waste streams we can service through our trusted partnerships.

  • GENERAL WASTE

  • FLUORESCENT TUBE RECYCLING

  • CONFIDENTIAL WASTE

  • GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

  • CARDBOARD & PAPER RECYCLING

  • BATTERY RECYCLING

  • EWASTE RECYCLING

  • LAB CHEMICALS

Subcontractor Governance

Through our existing total waste management contracts and national partnerships, Sharpsmart have established a strong market reputation for our proven ability to impact waste at production rather than reporting on waste trends at the point of treatment when it’s simply too late to drive any change. Our partners and sub-contractors are an extension of our business and both our service and performance commitment to our customers, so we take selection and alignment very seriously. Our pre-requisites for selecting a suitable sub-contractor are as follows:

  • Alignment with our company values, service excellence and high regard for green treatment and sustainable processes
  • Holding the necessary insurances, licences, certificates and ISO accreditations
  • A strong track record with the NHS and proven capabilities to provide services within specifications
  • Willingness to work under a back-to-back Service Level Agreements (SLAs), managed by Sharpsmart

Let’s Talk!

Your time is valuable, and we don’t want to play hard to get. You can either phone us directly on the details listed on our contact page, or feel free to fill out this short form and one of our team members will get back to you as quickly as possible.