Plastics Reduction Pledge
NHS scheme to ask all providers, retailers and suppliers to the NHS, as well as a number of partner organisations, to sign up to a plastic reduction pledge.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Reference code
- DCB3091
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs every three months.
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- Applies to
- NHS Trusts
- Retailers and suppliers to the NHS
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Trusts, retailers and suppliers to the NHS
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
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More information
Between 2013 and 2018, NHS services across England used more than 600 million disposable cups and millions of other disposable cutlery pieces, as well as many other avoidable single-use clinical and non-clinical plastic items. While much NHS plastic waste is already recovered for recycling or energy from waste we are still a significant contributor to the 34 billion tonnes of plastic that will pollute our natural environment by 2050.
Providers, retailers and suppliers to the NHS, as well as a number of partner organisations, to sign up to a plastic reduction pledge.
Trusts, retailers and suppliers that have signed the pledge are asked to provide NHS England with four data-submissions on the volumes of single-use plastic catering items purchased.
Page last updated: 26 March 2024