Submitted on Wednesday 18th September 2019
Published on Thursday 26th September 2019
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019
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To implement and legalise stringent plastic recycling plans in UK hospitals
Around 5 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated annually in the UK. There are no sustainable, formal recycling plans currently in place for healthcare-generated plastic waste. Whilst a proportion of this must be incinerated due to contamination, a huge amount is conventionally recyclable.
We want it to be a legal requirement that every UK hospital has a streamlined non-contaminated plastics waste recycling scheme. We call on the government to introduce new and sustainable methods of recycling this plastic, and to implore manufacturers supplying single-use plastic disposable items to develop more resource-efficient methods of sterilising and packaging products for use in the healthcare industry. www.wrap.org.uk www.who.int www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org www.recycle-health.org
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