ESTATES AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Opportunities to engage with alternative waste solutions, and to turn some waste 'streams' into assets
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was seeking supplementary solutions to add to its recycling portfolio that would also lead to cost reduction and improve engagement with the circular economy. Additionally, its Facilities Team was looking to enhance its reporting system, and to obtain further data relative to specific recycling rates, to complement some of the innovative solutions it has developed.
Sitemark was engaged to undertake a recycling and waste benchmarking review across the sites, which included satellite facilities, within the portfolio. The process examined all submissions, including invoices and standard operational reporting procedures, along with several visual inspections of internal and external infrastructure and containers.
Through the resulting report and visual inspections, the Trust recognised that more of the material it had been producing was recyclable. This led to the Trust considering changes in the configurations of its containers and the way these are managed via the relevant teams. Opportunities to engage with alternative solutions have presented themselves, including methods of expanding organic clearances from the site.
Waste Monitoring manager, Tricia Edwards said: “We have had confirmation that some of our solutions introduced historically are well ahead of many others in our acute sector of the NHS. At the same time, we have obtained exposure to additional opportunities to turn some of our streams into an asset for the organisation. We are now using price comparison sites to further engage with the circular economy, and looking at methods of integrating the Sitemark findings into our daily service provision.”
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was seeking supplementary solutions to add to its recycling portfolio that would also lead to cost reduction and improve engagement with the circular economy.
May 2020 Health Estate Journal 69
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