FOI/2025/26/193

Request

1. Classification & segregationGuidance held by your organisation on sharps waste streams (e.g., orange, yellow, purple bins), including what types of items or material categories are intended for each stream. This information is held within our Clinica Waste Policy which will be published at a late date as the policy is in the process of being updated. We will therefore be applying FOI exemption Section 22 – information intended for future publication
2. EWC / LoW codesEuropean Waste Catalogue or List of Waste codes for each sharps waste stream held by your organisation. Listed in the Clinical Waste policy. We will therefore be applying FOI exemption Section 22 – information intended for future publication
3. Staff complianceInformation on how your organisation ensures staff correctly segregate sharps waste, including audits, monitoring, training verification, and reports of non-compliance held by your organisation. This is detailed within the Clinical Waste Policy. No staff non-compliances recorded.
4. Contractor standards & sterilisationPolicies or contracts with waste contractors covering sterilisation validation, handling, traceability, and any monitoring/audit protocols held by your organisation. – This has already been disclosed under Freedom of Information Request - FOI/2024/25/370/FK
5. Incidents / compliance issuesInstances recorded by your organisation of sharps waste containing non-compliant items in the past 5 years. None recorded
6. Waste volume dataAggregated annual tonnage of sharps waste over the past 3 years, by waste stream if available, as held by your organisation. Data for last year attached (Combined data 2022-2025)
7. Pharmeutical residues Guidance or studies held by your organisation on pharmaceutical residues in sharps waste.- Guidance on disposing of sharps containing medicines is found in the clinical waste policy. We will therefore be applying FOI exemption Section 22 – information intended for future publication
8. Chemical / pharmaceutical compositionIf your organisation has ever recorded or tested the pharmaceutical or chemical contents/residues of sharps waste bins, please provide a list of substances identified. If no such information has been recorded or tested, please confirm that no data is held.

No data held with CLCH