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more importance to your supplier as you are using them for all your waste requirements and so the supplier is highly incentivised to ensure that they perform well so as to not lose your business.
They will be eager to please you and more likely to go that extra mile to ensure that all proposed solutions are optimised specifi cally for your business.
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n busy times, waste management can often be seen as a hassle, a compliance minefi eld and ultimately something that detracts from your core purpose. In the care sector this means an unwelcome distraction from providing care services to clients. To combat this, many care home managers are turning to waste management companies who can provide a total waste management service encompassing all waste streams, and who can support their customers with advice and guidance on waste management best practice. What benefi ts can this move have for care homes, their managers, and for the bottom line.
Contract Management Consider the challenges thrown up by having to negotiate multiple
contracts, talking to multiple people, all of whom are only focussed on the one area that they’re responsible for and whom have no interest in the whole picture. A single supplier is able to survey the whole picture of all your waste streams and so be able to give complete advice as to the most appropriate solution for many types of waste, and not each one in isolation. Negotiating, problem solving and
co-ordinating takes up valuable time and effort, which distracts from your core aims in providing care. The fewer suppliers to deal with in the management of contractors, the better for your business, and your clients.
Service Standards Another benefi t of having a single supplier is consistency of service. You should be in a position of knowing what standard of service you can expect, and therefore fi nd it easier to keep abreast of quality control.
Tailored Solution
Having a single supplier will allow you to establish a close relationship with them. They will get to know you, your challenges, and your needs, and be in a better position to respond appropriately. You will also take on
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The Down Side? Employing a total waste management company however, can have its down side. You will be wholly reliant on them taking care of your home’s waste, which means it’s more important than ever to chose a supplier that has a good reputation, has been trading many years and who is able to show examples of satisfi ed customers for whom they’ve managed multiple waste streams.
PHS All Clear is an experienced and trusted waste management provider. With nationwide waste collection and disposal services, with a large and high quality fl eet, PHS offers a fl exible and responsive service. Specialising in offensive wastes, PHS also manages a variety of waste streams including pharmaceuticals, sharps, general waste, mixed recycling, confi dential waste and food waste.
For more information about PHS All Clear visit http://www.
phsallclear.co.uk/ or contact the customer service team on 0870 241 7491.
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