Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) has embarked on an ambitious Green Plan as part of its contribution to the NHS’ ambition to be Net Zero Carbon. Through the Care Without Carbon programme the team at SASH are delivering on a comprehensive range of initiatives to meet these sustainability goals.

In early 2021, a project was initiated by the health and safety manager to identify a safer method for sharps disposal, which would also reduce the trust’s greenhouse gas emissions. By switching to reusable sharps containers, SASH were able to eliminate 15 tonnes of plastic in a single year and deliver an 87% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by switching to reusable waste containers.

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