MDPI: Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Circularity Assessment to Analyze Environmental Impacts of the Medical Remanufacturing of Electrophysiology Catheters
Sustaining value after the end-of-life to improve products’ circularity and sustainability has attracted an increasing number of industrial actors, policymakers, and researchers. Medical products are considered to have great remanufacturing potential because they are often
Earth911: Recycling Medical Equipment To Reduce Medical Waste
...Medical waste is a big problem, and it’s gotten even worse throughout the pandemic. Enter a little-known green healthcare industry created specifically to reduce costs for hospitals – reprocessing. It’s an industry that could prove
Waste Prevention and Management in Hospitals
Report from Joan Plisko, Ph.D highlights role medical device reprocessing plays as key waste prevention strategy for the OR. Hospital waste streams are large and complex. One estimate suggests that the nearly 5,000 hospitals in
Third Saving Lives Sustainably: Sustainable Production in the Health Sector Global Forum 2020
A CALL FOR UNITED ACTION TO RECOVER BETTER AFTER COVID-19 WITH SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF HEALTH COMMODITIES The 3rd Saving Lives Sustainably: Sustainable Production in the Health Sector Global Forum 2020 took place on
Supply Chain Dive: Packaging, PPE and surgical supplies: How COVID-19 is pushing hospitals to reduce waste
Acquiring enough personal protective equipment and supplies to test for and treat COVID-19 in the United States was a major challenge in 2020. With case numbers rising and vaccines rolling out, managing supplies and reducing
Stuff: Healthcare Rethink Required for Carbon Neutral 2025 Goal
OPINION: There are two stages to emergencies. The first is recognising the pickle you’re in, the second is doing something about it. Three years from now, the Government’s decision to declare a climate emergency in December