Case Study
ReFood offered us a chance to see just how much food waste we were generating
NHS (RDaSH) Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) operates services in 260 locations across Rotherham, Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, North-East Lincolnshire and Manchester. They employ over 4,300 staff and have more than 200 committed volunteers, with around 115,000 people accessing their services each year. “ReFood offered us a chance to see just how much food waste we were generating – and the savings in water, sewerage and maintenance charges more than pay for the disposal. It is too early to evaluate actual savings but we think it will be significant. The initial reason I looked at this was from an environmental point of view, but I think of that now as more of a bonus than a driver. ” Ian Higgins, Environment and Waste manager, NHS (RDaSH) They disposed