Waste Contracts
Reference: 23-24488
Date response sent: 04/03/2024
Details of enquiry
- The amount of waste generated within the last year for each of the below categories:
a. General
b. Recycling
c. Food Waste
d. Confidential
e. High Temperature Incineration (clinical)
f. Alternative Treatment (clinical)
g. Offensive (clinical)
2. The amount of waste Spend within the last year for each of the below categories:
a. General
b. Recycling
c. Food Waste
d. Confidential
e. High Temperature Incineration (clinical)
f. Alternative Treatment (clinical)
g. Offensive (clinical)
3. Contract Start Dates for:
a. General Waste Services
b. Recycling Services
c. Food Waste Services
d. Confidential Services
e. High Temperature Incineration (clinical) Services
f. Alternative Treatment (clinical) Services
g. Offensive (clinical) Services
3. Contract End Dates for:
a. General Waste Services
b. Recycling Services
c. Food Waste Services
d. Confidential Services
e. High Temperature Incineration (clinical) Services
f. Alternative Treatment (clinical) Services
g. Offensive (clinical) Services
5. Waste Company who holds the current contract
a. General Waste Services
b. Recycling Services
c. Food Waste Services
d. Confidential Services
e. High Temperature Incineration (clinical) Services
f. Alternative Treatment (clinical) Services
g. Offensive (clinical) Services
- Name and Contact Details for the Waste Manager associated to the Trust
- Name and Contact Details for the Sustainability Lead associated to the Trust
- Name and Contact Details for the Procurement Lead associated to the Trust
- Name and Contact Details for the Infection Prevention Control Lead associated to the Trust
- Do the Trust have a reusable sharps solution in place to reduce the amount of single use plastic that is incinerated in traditional practices?
- Are there any onsite treatment facilities located on Trust premises which would mitigate the need for ensuing carbon footprint through the road miles that it takes to take the waste away?
Response sent
Please note that The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital. We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient services and do not have an A&E department.
We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological, services , and so, as you will see below, our clinical waste is therefore negligable when compared to other Trusts who provide acute services.
| Financial Year 23/24 April 23 to Feb 24 |
The amount of waste generated (tonnes) | Waste spend | Contractor | Contract start date | Contract end date | Comments | ||||
| General | 12.758 | £7,647.00 | Suez | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2024 | All are 12 month rolling contracts with Suez. | ||||
| Recycling | 6.13 | £4,117.00 | Suez | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2024 | |||||
| Food Waste | 1.88 | £443.00 | Suez | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2024 | |||||
| Confidential Waste (Paper) | 19.87 | £20,055.00 | Shred-It | 01 April 2023 | 31/03/25 | |||||
| High Temperature Incineration (clinical) | N/A | N/A | n/a | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Alternative Treatment (clinical) | N/A | N/A | n/a | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Offensive (clinical) | 0.042 | £2,665.00 | Pink Hygiene | 01 June 2023 | 31/03/24 | |||||
- Name and Contact Details for the Waste Manager associated to the Trust
- Name and Contact Details for the Sustainability Lead associated to the Trust
- Name and Contact Details for the Procurement Lead associated to the Trust
- Name and Contact Details for the Infection Prevention Control Lead associated to the Trust
- Do the Trust have a reusable sharps solution in place to reduce the amount of single use plastic that is incinerated in traditional practices?
This is currently under consideration though the Trust has minimal sharps waste.
- Are there any onsite treatment facilities located on Trust premises which would mitigate the need for ensuing carbon footprint through the road miles that it takes to take the waste away?
No