https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/30347/eco-conscious-practice Hello, We are trying to be more eco conscious at my practice and although it is unavoidable, I am aiming at reducing the waste we produce. We are first opinion with Orthopaedic referrals. All our ortho kit is double wrapped in &quot;disposable&quot; drapesen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/168345?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 08 Apr 2017 10:24:25 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:620529bf-244c-4207-8b1d-21f6ec867117Sal the 1st<p>We only have two types of waste in our building - Domestic which is collected by a local private waste disposal company with a high rate of recycling and clinical waste which in our case goes into a yellow infectious for incineration bag - we maybe spend more on our clinical than a lot of places and some people may think we aren&#39;t being eco friendly &nbsp;but this was a conscious decision - not made out of laziness. How many people realise that orange bags or tiger bags &nbsp;which go for disposal &#39;by alternative method&#39; end up in landfill and that landfill may be China or India so unless its incinerated there is a good chance our rubbish will be inflicted on another nation and I don&#39;t see that as being particularly friendly to anybody.</p> <p>Might be worth checking out the smaller local waste companies for paper etc rather than sticking with the big boys - we know ours recycles as much as possible</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/168333?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:54:13 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:cb7ec2a4-4a1f-4873-a991-38834982946bCeline<p>If the kit wraps were 100% paper then you could recycle them provided they hadn&#39;t been soiled? But most seem to have plastic woven into them. We have a recycling bin + a clinical waste bin in each room so it&#39;s either one or the other but then I work for a zoo so we are as ecofriendly as possible and have a recycling contract with a waste management provider. Everything goes in one bag, syringe wrappers, autoclave bags even needle caps. I would consider talking to a waste company about this, we were staggered at how reduced our clinical waste bill was once we started having a recycling bin alongside every clinical bin. It&#39;s so easy for people to just chuck it in! If you crunched the numbers it might actually make financial sense?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/168328?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 06 Apr 2017 21:26:20 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:d54e0b0c-83e3-4686-9c1e-cf7aa063fdc3James Colver Cert. Ed, RVN<p>I&#39;m not sure about the drapes, but the amount of paper and tins from food that get chucked in the normal bin at most practices is staggering so that would be a good start.&nbsp; I know of a practice that even goes as far as to separate the paper from the plastic e.g. syringe wrappers..&nbsp; Good on you for thinking about it :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>