Award-Winning Healthcare Waste Management
We’re proud to work alongside NHS Trusts and healthcare organisations committed to innovation, carbon reduction and continuous improvement to set new industry standards.
Celebrating the People Moving Healthcare
Waste Forward
These awards celebrate the leadership, results achieved through close partnership and the practical progress being made towards a lower-waste, lower-carbon healthcare industry.
The achievements of our partners include reducing clinical waste volumes, improving segregation, expanding reuse, cutting food waste and lowering carbon emissions. Each result provides another example of how healthcare organisations can move beyond traditional waste collection and take a more proactive approach to resource management.
Together, we’re not waiting for change. We’re helping establish benchmarks that drive progress in healthcare waste management.
Celebrating Healthcare Waste Leadership
Explore the award-winning projects, partner stories and case studies demonstrating what can be achieved through collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement alongside a reliable partner.
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PostCelebrating Our Partners at the Waste Management Awards
Discover the results of the first-ever Healthcare Waste Management Awards that Sharpsmart were the proud Gold Sponsor of.
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PostRevisiting Successes in Sustainability: Green Apple Awards
The annual ‘Green Apple Awards’ is a popular international environmental campaign designed to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world.
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PostCelebrating a Partnership Recognised for Food Waste Reduction
When a partnership is recognised for its achievements, we love being amongst the first to celebrate, and we had to […]
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PostSharpsmart Recognised for Sustainability Credentials
Sharpsmart recognised for sustainability credentials at NHS Excellence in Supply Awards.
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PostCustomer Success at the 2021 Green Apple Environment Awards
NHS Trusts celebrate the success of their sustainability initiatives with the help of Sharpsmarts’ reusable sharps container system.
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Case StudyCost, Carbon and Operational Efficiency Across 7 Trusts
Discover how seven NHS Trusts reduced clinical waste costs, cut carbon emissions and improved operational efficiency with Sharpsmart.
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Case StudyA Simple Switch That Significantly Reduced Costs and CO2e
A disposal compliance question led County Hospital to significantly reduce costs and CO2e with a simple switch.
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Case Study122 Hours of Clinical Staff Time Saved Annually
Royal Oldham Hospital achieved an annual saving of 122 hours of clinical staff time. Find out how they did it!
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Case StudyNSIs Reduced by Over 85% After Switching Sharps Containers
A simple switch to reusable sharps containers helped Whiston Hospital reduce NSIs by over 85%.
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Case StudyA Total Waste Solution to a Series of Healthcare Challenges
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust found a total waste solution to a series of healthcare challenges. Want to know how they did it?
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Case StudyService Disruption Avoided with Rapid Response to Compliance Issues
Discover how Royal Oldham Hospital avoided service disruption with a rapid response to a compliance issue.
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Case StudyStrong Leadership and Team Effort Solve Compliance Challenges
The story of how Fairfield General Hospital used strong leadership and team effort to solve compliance challenges and improve waste segregation.
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Case StudySurprise High-Volume Metal Waste Diverted into Recycling
Bridgewater Community Healthcare diverted a surprisingly high volume of metal waste into recycling. Find out how they did it!
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Case Study61% Healthcare Waste Diversion from Carbon-Intensive Treatment
Discover how East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust diverted 61% of their healthcare waste from carbon-intensive treatment.
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Case StudyA 42% Reduction of Overtreated Waste within 5 Months
Learn how Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust doubled their offensive waste output within 5 months, exceeding the 20-20-60 waste split.
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Case StudyAn 87.5% Reduction of Overtreated Waste within 3 Months
Within three months of reaching out for clinical waste consultancy, Liverpool Women’s Hospital achieved an 87.5% reduction of overtreated waste.
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Case StudyA Prevention of 401,760 Single-Use Plastic Sharps Containers
Sharpsmart’s reusable waste containment solutions have improved waste management within this organisation and ensured a more succinct waste disposal process.
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Case StudyA 95% Diversion of Healthcare Waste From High-Temperature Incineration
Since introducing the Sharpsmart Bag-to-Bed system, Hinchingbrooke Hospital hasn’t only met its 20-20-60 waste split targets, it has exceeded them.
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Case StudyA 10 Tonne per Year Reduction of Incinerated Virgin Plastic
Yeovil saw many benefits from switching to Sharpsmart, including CO2 reduction, sharps wast reduction, and more.
Excellence in Waste Management for the NHS in England
Held each year, these awards we proudly sponsor celebrate the NHS teams and individuals whose leadership is supporting the health service’s journey towards Net Zero.
Sharpsmart partners were recognised across categories including:
- Waste Management Team of the Year
- Best Waste Management Innovation of the Year
- Best Reduction of Single-use Items of the Year
- Waste Management Champion of the Year
- Best Reuse Initiative of the Year
- Best Reduction in Clinical Waste
Green Apple Award 2022
Customer: Northern Care Alliance
Award: Silver
Green Apple Award 2022
Customer: James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Award: Silver
Sustainable Development Award
Award: NHS in the Midlands Excellence in Supply Awards 2021 – Sustainable Development Award
Green Apple Awards 2021
Customer: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Award: Bronze
Green Apple Awards 2021
Customer: Great Western Hospital
Award: Gold
BUILD Award 2018
Award: Best Healthcare Waste Management Company – UK and Leading Providers of Needle Disposal Containers
Green Apple Award 2017
Customer: Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
Award: Bronze
Green Apple Award 2015
Customer: Royal Free Hospital
Award: Silver
Green Apple Award 2015
Customer: Peterborough & Stamford NHS Foundation Trust
Award: Gold
National Recycling Award 2015
Customer: Yeovil District Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Award: Healthcare Recycler of the Year
Waste World Cup 2014
Award: Winners of the Bowl Tournament
Green Apple Awards 2013
Customer: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Award: Bronze
Green Apple Award 2011
Customer: The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Award: Gold
Setting the Next Benchmark
Awards are an important opportunity to recognise progress, but they aren’t the end goal. The real achievement is creating safer and more sustainable practices that can be maintained, measured and shared across the healthcare industry.
By learning from successful initiatives and continuing to challenge established ways of working, healthcare organisations can turn today’s leading practice into tomorrow’s ‘business as usual’.
We’ll continue working inside the four walls with our partners to reduce waste, lower carbon, recover resources and help move UK healthcare towards Net Zero.
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