A reduction in paper use by 75%
£139.36 (Estimated)
109 kg CO2e (Estimated)
Countess of Chester Hospital Dialysis Unit has tried to reduce the amount of paper used through a 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle' Programme.
Results of Local Changes
- Since paper copies of blood results have been stopped from Pathology it has been calculated we will save a minimum of 3344 sheets of paper per annum (projected).
- All printers within the unit have been defaulted to print double sided by our IT team.
- Patient paper care plans have been reduced from 14 pages to 6, a reduction of 51%.
- Staff and patient education and encouragement to recycle successfully measured by the recycling pick up needing to increase from once every 2 weeks to twice per week.
- Overall paper consumption reduced from approximately 10,000 sheets to 2,500 sheets every 8 weeks, a reduction of 75%. With forecasted financial benefits of paper costs from £187.20 to £47.84 per annum giving a saving of £139.36.
Carbon savings (section updated November 2012)
£139.36 x 0.78 kg CO2e * / £ = 109 kg CO2e
* emissions factor for supply of paper products, 2012 Guidelines to DEFRA/DECC Greenhouse Gas Conversion Factors for Company Reporting, Annex 13
How To Guide:
Reduce
- Stop all paper copies of blood results as located within the IT system.
- Double side all printed documents.
- Reduce paper care plan to essential information only.
Reuse
- Implement a scrap paper A5 file to be used , for example telephone call messages, to do lists food orders.
- Any non confidential paper waste to be used for scrap paper.
Recycle
- Ensure recycling bins are located within the renal unit.
- Patient education to encourage recycling of newspapers read on the unit.
- Ensure all paper waste is deposited in the recycle bins provided within the unit.
The Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH21UL
To reduce paper waste
- Develop a secure system for correspondence letters to GP from the Trust to be emailed.
- Scanner purchased for unit to enable the initiation of paperless holiday dialysis correspondence with other unit.
- Emailing all transport time to transport control as currently faxed over.
ongoing
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