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Waste Benchmarks for Irish Healthcare Facilities
Waste Benchmarks Irish Acute and Community Care Facilities
Acute Hospital (kg generated per patient bed day*)
| Total waste | 7.7 kg |
| Total non-risk waste | 5.8 kg |
| Healthcare risk waste | 1.9 kg |
| Food waste | 0.7 kg |
| Mixed recyclables | 0.9 kg |
| General landfill waste | 4.2 kg |
Community Care (kg generated per patient bed day*)
| Total waste | 3.7 kg |
| Total non-risk waste | 3.5 kg |
| Healthcare risk waste | 0.2 kg |
| Food waste | 0.77 kg |
| Mixed recyclables | 0.5 kg |
| General landfill waste | 2.2 kg |
*A patient bed day is a day during which a person is confined to a bed and stays overnight in hospital.
These waste benchmarks where developed by the Clean Technology Centre on behalf of the National Health Sustainability Office and Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Green Healthcare Programme.
National Health Sustainability Office
www.hse.ie/sustainability