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Medisort

Medisort is a Sussex-based specialist clinical waste contractor. The company collects and sorts single-use instruments and nappies, and has employed innovative ways of recycling clinical waste.

The company has worked with the university in a variety of ways, including working with the Green Growth Platform, and collaborating with the university's research experts.

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Hear Medisort talk about how they have worked with the University of Brighton. 
Engagement with the KTP has set a foundation, from which we will build a more scientific basis for quality control and product development. The contacts made and disciplines learnt will stay with us forever.

Stuart Brittle, MD, Medisort

University research expertise: polymers

As a result of his work with the university, Stuart is working with one of the University of Brighton's experts in polymers with a view to identifying whether the ideas the company has for recycling nappies are practical and solutions can be found.

This collaboration has led Stuart to consider working with our students, and to potentially turn the polymers research into a masters project in order to take the project from initial laboratory trials to a beneficial solution.

Stuart said: "Through working with the university, you get experience of raising funding, and access to experts in your field and other areas that might benefit a particular project."

I presented my recycling ideas to the Profitnet group and the members helped me tremendously in developing my thoughts.

Stuart Brittle, Director, Medisort

Green networking and business opportunities

The company are also looking at ways they can reduce their costs and energy bills as a small company and joined the Green Growth Platform (now called Clean Growth), the university's green business growth programme, as a member to receive support in these areas. 

As part of their membership, they joined the university's business forum which created key networking opportunities with a wide range of companies in the green and low carbon sectors in Sussex.

They have already received interest from other members in their recycling paint technology, which is helping them to expand their core business.

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