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Manchester Event

Conference Programme 2025

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Will the UK be the first country in Europe to have a permanent inhaler recycling solution?

10 May 2025
Technology & Innovation Theatre

Inhalers account for 3% of the total NHS carbon footprint, and 73 million inhalers are prescribed in the UK each year . Currently there exists no national inhaler recycling scheme and a 12 month pilot in east Kent, recycling over 40,000 inhalers, has now expanded to the entire county.

  • To share an overview of the Re-Hale project and how it was operationalised in east Kent.
  • To share the results of the 12-month pilot and the expansion model.
  • To highlight challenges and opportunities of inhaler recycling and how collaboration and combining resources releases significant potential.
  • Understand how inhaler recycling can be achieved in the UK.
Speakers
Sam Coombes, Lead Medicines Information and Sustainability Technician - Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Cath Cooksey, Medicines Safety Officer - Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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