Thank you for your FOI request received by the FOI office requesting the following information relating to how many sharps bins/clinical hazardous waste bins were used across the NHS in 2022-23:
- Can you separate this total by sizes and types/colours?
- How many were made from recycled plastic, virgin plastic, or other materials? If numbers aren’t available, percentage split would be interesting.
- How many were reused?
- How many were incinerated?
- What are the main countries of manufacture?
- Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered as quickly as possible.
Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and SCCL are able to provide a response in the attached documents.