Sustainable practices slowly but surely are coming to the medical space. A proof-of-concept pilot project in the dialysis department at a major hospital in Belgium reportedly has shown that ...

An inside-out approach to sourcing hospital supplies – starting with clinical input on design and going straight to the factory rather than simply accepting what a distributor has to offer – brings ...

A new bill at the Capitol seeks to tackle the illegal disposal of medical waste at regular waste facilities, a problem ...

It should come as no surprise that the healthcare industry generates a lot of data. Still, the sheer volume of it is both staggering and on the rise. Analysts say 30% of the world’s data volume can be ...

The report proposes a number of possible actions, both technical and organizational, to reduce both the quantities thrown away and the environmental footprint of hospital activities, especially since ...

Companies and manufacturers across the globe are looking for ways to become more environmentally friendly and reach corporate sustainability goals. While eliminating medical device waste, recycling as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have created tens of thousands of tons of ...

Cleveland Clinic founded its Office for a Healthy Environment in 2007 with the goal of improving sustainability across the health system and has since come up with innovative techniques to manage its ...

RIT generates regulated medical waste at various locations across campus. Much like hazardous waste, regulated medical waste cannot be disposed in the general trash and must be managed in accordance ...