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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 07/09/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 208-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Please can you provide me with information regarding your waste disposal, if it was sent overseas and if so to which country? Please see below table.
Waste Contractor Type of waste Destination
Veolia General Waste General Waste is sent Sweden as RDF Refuse Derived Fuel. Veolia Recycling Only cardboard is sent overseas mainly to Vietnam and Malesia
Printwaste Ltd Confidential Waste/Recycling Paper sent to Germany
Cardboard sent to Turkey
Printwaste Ltd Food Waste All stays in the UK
Tradebe Clinical Waste All stays in the UK
Initial Sanitary Waste All stays in the UK
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:-
– Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 22 August 2021 12:16
Subject: Freedom Of Information Request
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Hello I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from you. Please can you provide me with information regarding your waste disposal, if it was sent overseas and if so to which country? Please can you provide the information to me in an email. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.