Wendy Kirk, Hospital Sterile Services Unit Manager, Decontamination Lead, Burton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

"Helping to save our environment should be top of everyone’s agenda so when I was asked about getting involved with the Sterimelt process which enables the disposable drapes, used for wrapping theatre sets, to be recycled rather than go into clinical waste, I jumped at the chance. Although for my part providing the drapes is all that is required it is an exciting innovative system to be involved with and it is great to see the plastic blocks come out of Sterimelt, ready to be sent off site for re-use. I am looking forward to what other systems TCG can develop to enable our organisation to recycle rather than dispose"