Barts Health NHS Trust has become the first Trust in the UK to be awarded the Carbon Trust standard for waste.

The Carbon Trust standard, launched in 2013, is awarded in recognition for the continued reduction and management of waste.

Over the past two years, clinical waste levels have been reduced by 20%, with none of the waste produced by the Trust now sent to landfill. That has led to significant carbon as well as cost savings, of £1.29m.

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Working in partnership with Skanska, more than 5,000 staff have been trained on waste segregation and carried out over 180,000 individual bin audits, improving compliance by almost 400%.

Jane Sansome, Business Director at Skanska UK, said: "It's through a close working relationship and the sharing of ideas that we have been able to make such significant strides in the way that waste is managed, which is cheaper, greener and contributes to creating the best possible environment for patients."

(CD/JP)