02/03/2026
🌍💚 SUSTAINABILITY WEEK | 2–4 MARCH 💚🌍
are proud to support Sustainability Week and the NHSGGC Climate Change & Sustainability Strategy, helping NHS Scotland work towards net zero by 2040 🌱🏥
♻️ Why waste management matters
Enteral feeding generates plastic waste — but much of this can be recycled ✅
In Royal Alexandra Hospital ICU, thousands of enteral feed & water bottles are used every year 🧴🧴🧴
💡 I led a quality improvement project to:
👥 Set up a Multi‑Disciplinary Green Team
🗑️ Introduce 2 new waste streams in ICU
✅ We now have:
♻️ Dry Mixed Recycling for suitable, non‑infectious recyclables
🧴 High‑grade plastics recycling for enteral feed & water bottles — these can be reprocessed into new materials!
🌱 This is a new way of working and we’re learning as we go — but I’m incredibly grateful 🙌
🤝 To our local ICU team
💬 To Dietitians across the UK who inspired and supported this work
🚛 And to the NHSGGC Waste Management Team
🔜 Next steps
👩⚕️👨⚕️ Working with Nursing, Medical & Infection Control teams
🏥 Exploring how we can expand recycling across the hospital
Small changes. Big impact. 💚
Together, we can make healthcare more sustainable 🌍✨
