Smartplanet.com's blog discusses Two Industries Way Behind in Recycling, the airline and healthcare industries.  But there is hope, at least for the healthcare industry: According to Johns Hopkins, medical centers are the second-largest waste producers

HCPro.com asks Could reprocessed medical equipment be environmentally friendly and keep patients safe? Healthcare as an industry is looking for ways it can reduce its carbon footprint, being one of the largest environmental offenders.  One

Clinica reports that Medical Device Reprocessing Becomes Environmental Issue in US (subscription may be required): Researchers writing in a US journal have said that hospitals should take a “greener” approach to medical equipment by reprocessing

Environmentalleader.com reports that Hospitals Saved $138M in 2008 by Reprocessing Medical Waste: In 2008 alone, hospitals served by one major reprocessor saved $138 million nationwide by diverting 4.3 million pounds of medical waste from local

CBC News Canada, Hospitals aim to resterilize, cut waste (03/01/10): "We found there's absolutely no risk, and there's never been a patient safety event related to reprocessing in all our research," Makary, the study's lead author,

The Johns Hopkins University Gazette reports on the article in Academic Medicine by Dr. Martin Makary, et. al. on medical device reprocessing: Going Green in the Hospital Will Save Money, Reduce Waste (03/01/10).