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Pop quiz! 1) What percentage of hospital waste comes from
theatre?
2) How much do you think the DHB pays for a tonne
of general waste?
3) What are two of the other R's of sustainability?
Other than reduce, reuse, recycle?
4) What is Enviro-mark?
North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals are proudly Enviro-Mark
certified
Answers-
1) 20-30%
2) $70-95/ tonne
3) Refuse, Rethink, Repair, Re gift, Recover
and Reconsider!!
4) New Zealand's original environmental
certification programme, Enviro-mark
enables companies to reach International
Standard of ISO 14001 2004
-WDHB has made a 20% reduction in
waste-
this equates to a $46,000 saving and 445
tonnes of waste normally going to landfill!
-we currently generate approx 7kg
waste/day/inpatient
Statistics- January 2011- March 2012
Waste Costs
•General waste is charged at $70-95/tonne
•Medical(Contaminated) waste is charged at
$780/tonne (78c/kg)
•Sharps containers are $24/empty for the
smallest one!
•Paper/Cardboard we are paid a rebate of
$55/tonne
A report from the department of Anaesthesia at
Western Hospital in Australia- noted that “the
anaesthesia waste stream represented 25% of
the OR waste and that 60% of anaesthesia
waste is recyclable.”
This report also found that “one of the barriers
to recycling is failure to separate infectious
waste from clean waste.”
McGain E,Hendel SA, Storey DA, 2009
WDHB Sustainability Policy 5.3 Waste Management-
Responsibilities-
“All staff and areas within Waitemata DHB. Individual
managers are responsible for staff training, reducing
the creation of waste, minimising disposal through
reuse and recycling and ensuring safe disposal of all
other wastes as outlined in this document.”
WDHB Sustainability Policy 5.3 Waste
Management-
“All waste is to be segregated at the point of
generation, by the staff involved, into the appropriate
labelled container in order to reduce handling for the
purposes of efficiency and safety. All staff have a
responsibility for minimising waste and correct
segregation.”
•I saw something I wanted to take action
around- and created it step by step.
Hurdles I encountered-
•lots of questions, resistance, objections and
resistance to change…(best advice I ever got-
smile and carry on!)
•Mismatch of institutional policy and belief.
How I went about it-
What I would do differently if I was to do it again-
•plan more, before action, communicate that action
•structure and allow myself the time to educate before
“rolling out” a new system
What I learnt-
•That most people/staff really do want to make a
difference
•Patience and diplomacy
•It can be a challenge to “find” the time to action
this, it often takes longer than I expect, especially
when its not one’s fulltime job!
“What" we did in the slides that
follow…
Conclusions... •It does make a difference!
•Once set up and going, momentum and
enthusiasm grow
•A Sustainability Officer, working group and/or
Sustainability Policy really works!
•Networking Nationwide helps!
CO-MINGLE ‘BLUE’
Bin “Any “clean" cans, aluminium
trays, hard plastic or plastic with
the number 1, 2, or 5 on the
bottom”
IF IN DOUBT ASK YOUR
WAITAKERE HOSPITAL
SUSTAINABILITY REP:
MARTIN VAN DER KAAY
PAPER
‘GREEN’ BIN
“Any paper
or cardboard
you can tear”
IF IN DOUBT ASK YOUR
WAITAKERE HOSPITAL
SUSTAINABILITY REP:
Martin van der Kaay [email protected]
vt.nz
SOFT PLASTIC
FILM and PLASTIC
WRAP ‘YELLOW’
BIN
“Clear film and wrap only”
IF IN DOUBT ASK YOUR
WAITAKERE HOSPITAL
SUSTAINABILITY REP:
Martin van der Kaay