FOI_7644

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7644

Date Request Received: 03/01/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 08/01/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Clinical Waste

Request Category: Companies


Question Number 1: I am requesting information about clinical waste contracts. Please can you provide the information for the queries below for your trust. If your trust has split or amalgamated in the last 3 years, please could you break the information down into historic trusts as relevant. 1) Who is your current contractor for clinical waste collections? This will usually be one contractor for offensive/hazardous waste (tiger and orange bags) as well as sharps however if you have more than one contractor, please could you name them all

Answer To Question 1: STERICYCLE LIMITED (SRCL)

Question Number 2: 2) Please could you confirm if you are in a specific contract for clinical waste management or if clinical waste is collected as part of a wider total waste management solution. If a part of a total waste management solution, the TWM provider should be named in question 1

Answer To Question 2: SPECIFIC CONTRACT FOR CLINICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Question Number 3: 3) If in contract for clinical waste management, please could you confirm the start date and the term of the contract? Could you please state if you contractually have the option extend past the standard duration and if so by how long? An example answer would be as follows. ‘Aug 2022 start date for 3 years with the option of +1 extension wrote into the contract’

Answer To Question 3: CONTRACT EXTENSION IN PLACE TO END MARCH 2024

Question Number 4: 4) If known, please could you confirm how many separate sites clinical waste is collected from across your estate?

Answer To Question 4: SINGLE SITE

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