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SureWaste

See what your hospital buys and never uses. SureWaste is AI-powered waste accounting, proven at John Hunter Hospital and manufactured in Newcastle.

Two-year SBIR partnership with NSW Health, HealthShare and eHealth · More than 30 devices deployed · 308 days of live data · Designed and manufactured in Newcastle

SureWaste — Smart waste accounting and analytics platform

Financial Review Sustainability Leaders 2026 winner, presented by BDO

Award winner

SureWaste won the Small Organisation category at the 2026 Financial Review Sustainability Leaders, presented by BDO.

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The Problem: you are paying for stock nobody uses

Hospitals buy consumables that go into bins unopened, and once an item enters a bin it leaves the record. Without visibility at the point of disposal, the cost is invisible to procurement, to finance and to the people setting waste targets.

Financial Waste

NSW Health spends $2.3 billion a year on medical and surgical supplies. Novecom modelling estimates $100 to $168 million is written off through expiry or damage.

Environmental Waste

Clinical waste is expensive and carbon-intensive. Poor segregation leads to recyclable materials being incinerated.

Data Waste

Manual audits are costly and infrequent. Most decisions are made with incomplete or outdated information.

Surewaste health care waste management system

The Solution: SureWaste

SureWaste is an AI-powered waste accounting and analytics platform that captures data at the source, turning waste into actionable intelligence.

Organise waste streams efficiently
Analyse waste patterns and procurement inefficiencies
Inform decisions that reduce cost, improve sustainability, and enhance compliance

SureWaste is already deployed at John Hunter Hospital, with proven results across wards, theatres, and waste rooms.

SureWaste Turns Waste into Strategic Intelligence

SureWaste automates waste tracking, analysis and reporting, turning hidden waste streams into actionable intelligence.

Organise

AI classification of waste streams
Predictive fill-level analytics
Dynamic route optimisation
Multi-stream collection coordination

Analyse

Real-time contamination detection
Usage vs. disposal pattern analysis
Procurement feedback on excess stock and partial consumption

Inform

Automated compliance reporting
Cost reduction insights
ESG and Scope 3 emissions tracking
Procurement optimisation

SureWaste Technology

SureWaste combines smart hardware and cloud-based analytics:

Standalone Devices: No hospital IT integration required
AI Cameras: Identify waste types and unused items
LiDAR Sensors: Measure bin fill levels
Integrated Scales: Track weight and volume
E-Paper Displays: Provide real-time feedback to staff
Private Network: Secure, independent data transmission
Cloud Platform: Dashboards, alerts, and analytics

Applications

Three Ways Organisations Create Value

Procurement Optimisation

See what's actually consumed vs. disposed of to right-size ordering
Smart Collection

Predictive routing cuts costs by up to 40% while improving services
Automated Compliance

Superior insights at 30% less cost than traditional audits

Case Studies

Business Case 1: Waste Collection Optimisation

25% reduction in labour costs at John Hunter Hospital
$175,000 annual savings through just-in-time collection
Improved service quality and reduced manual handling risks

Business Case 2: Replace Manual Audits

$9,000 saved per audit
10× larger sample sizes
Real-time, bias-free data collection

Business Case 3: Theatre Waste Intelligence

Estimated $20–$40 of unused consumables per procedure
Millions in potential annual savings across Health
Automated analysis enables procurement reform

Business Case 4: Out-of-Life Stock

Healthcare writes off ~$100M–$168M annually
SureWaste tracks all disposed stock and links to ERP systems
2% waste reduction pays for SureWaste system-wide

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Real world applications

Person in surgical scrubs in an operating theatre beside a SureWaste bin unit

Featured Case Study

Optimising operating theatre surgical kit contents using SureWaste analytics

SureWaste units were installed in active operating theatres to record what was going into the bin unused. Procedures were selected at random across orthopaedic, cardiothoracic, neurological and general abdominal surgery, with capture quality supervised throughout by a qualified medical engineer.

Outcome
Each two-hour surgery discarded $20 to $40 of unused consumables, often the same items across multiple procedures. Modelled across the health district studied, that is $1,068,413 a year.

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Locations & Components

Locations

Operating Theatres

Identify unused kit components.
Wards

Track waste generation by department.
Waste Rooms

Optimise collection and segregation.
Stockrooms

Monitor expired or surplus inventory.

Components

Hardware

Wall-mounted or standalone smart bins.
Cloud Platform

Waste accounting, analytics and reporting.
Mobile Auditing Kits

Flexible deployment across sites.
Integration Ready

Compatible with ERP systems like DeliverEase.

Our Story

SureWaste came out of a two-year SBIR-funded partnership with NSW Health, HealthShare and eHealth. It began as a recycling question. The data showed it was a procurement question, so that is what SureWaste was built to answer.

With more than 30 devices deployed and 308 days of live data, SureWaste is ready to scale.

SureWaste - Ward Deployment

SureWaste - Production Underway

SureWaste - Installation of prototype

Find out what your site is throwing away

We can measure the unused consumables going into bins across your theatres and wards, and give you the number in dollars. Talk to our team about a site assessment.

Request a site assessment

+61 2 4924 5460

SureWaste is deployed at John Hunter Hospital and manufactured in Newcastle.