It was a pleasure to welcome local MP Alison Griffiths to Medisort on Friday. During her visit, she took the time to speak with the team and is pictured here with our Customer Service Supervisor, learning more about how we manage that part of the business. #MPVisit...

Our unique, carbon-saving Sharpak Zero sharps containers are designed to enhance safety and sustainability within medical settings. It may seem like a minor detail, but defacing the white diamond label with writing, renders the container unusable.  So, please help us...

An independent review into serious and organised waste crime, commissioned by the Home Office last year, found that the lack of digital record-keeping is exploited by organised criminals who mislabel waste to avoid landfill tax or illegally export it. To help tackle...

Preventing Needle Stick Injuries We have experienced a four-fold increase in needle stick injuries while collecting healthcare waste this year, compared to last. The main root causes were: - Overfilled sharps containers which can result in needles poking out through...

Springtime is considered an opportunity for fresh new beginnings and signals new ventures, which is certainly accurate for us here at Medisort. This season we are proud to be launching our new Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) Collections...

Beauty treatments generate large amounts of waste, from waxing strips to acupuncture needles and everything in between. The difficulty for new salon owners is often devising a beauty waste management plan that ensures clinical waste is separated from domestic waste,...

  Working with the scientists and researchers at the University of Brighton has been an eye-opening experience for our dedicated AHPs recycling project team here at Medisort. For those who are only just hearing about this project, we are currently carrying out...

  Our investment in nappy and absorbent hygiene products (AHPs) recycling, in collaboration with the University of Brighton, has led us down some very promising paths. As highlighted in our previous blog post, we’re not the first company to find a recycling...

Our Sustainable Innovation and Marketing Consultant, Jimmy Dorrell, spoke to Vicky Edwards from the Chichester Observer a few weeks back. We thought some of our readers may be intrigued to read the conversation and find out more about how Medisort are finding more...

We collect and dispose of hundreds of thousands of nappies from care homes across the UK every single year. Whilst most of the healthcare waste that we collect is recycled and turned into energy, it’s not possible to do so with nappies. As it stands, the only way of...

Medisort are delighted to announce a new contract award for the supply of specialist healthcare waste services for self- medicating patients within the borough of Chelmsford City Council. Recently the council went out to the industry via tender for the collection and...

Following a comprehensive tender competition for both Solent NHS Trust and Southern Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Veolia and Medisort have been awarded the contract for the supply of a specialist collection, recycling and disposal service for all the waste...

Medisort has just completed the first month of our contract to collect from community sites, pharmacies and Home patients, awarded by North East London Foundation Trust. Following a lengthy tender process we were selected as the preferred supplier for the Trust’s...

Following a period of assessment by QMS International, Medisort are proud to announce the award of the prestigious ISO 9001 : 2008 & ISO 14001 : 2000 certification. Andy Higgins, Sales & Marketing Director commented:  “Receiving independent accreditation for...

Late last year, Medisort was delighted to be invited to join Profitnet, which is a unique collaboration and learning network for SMEs, created by the Centre for Research and Innovation Management (CENTRIM) at the University of Brighton. After just six months, we are...

  Medisort is proud to be supporting Daniel Parsons of Veolia in his effort to raise much needed funds for a local family fund called “Archie’s Heroes” On the 27th October he will be taking part in the Great South Run, which is a gruelling 10 mile, fast route...

Medisort are delighted to announce that following a comprehensive tender competition run by the London Procurement Partnership, Medisort have been awarded the contract for the supply of a specialist healthcare waste collection and disposal service for the West London...

Medisort Healthcare Waste Solutions today announces the appointment of Andy Higgins as its new Sales and Marketing Director which reflects our intention to significantly grow the healthcare waste collection and treatment business. Medisort already boasts several key...

Medisort is delighted to announce that its second healthcare waste sterilisation machine has been installed and passed its Environment Agency tests with flying colours. This means we have more than double the capacity to serve your needs in a way that protects people...

The newest entrant in to the healthcare waste market, Medisort Ltd, completed the purchase of the Ethos Acquisitions Ltd’s plant in Littlehampton for an undisclosed sum on 28 May 2010. Ethos bought the facility from Cliniserve last year, following the Competition...