Drug delivery devices play an increasingly important role in supporting global health and wellbeing. Within the growing biopharmaceutical market, the need for these devices is predicted to increase su ... read more ›
Plastics have become omnipresent in healthcare but quantitative data on mass flows are scarce. This study, therefore, performed a material flow analysis of single-use medical plastics and their packag ... read more ›
Every year, NHS providers produce approximately 156,000 tonnes of clinical waste that is either sent to high temperature incineration (HTI) or for alternative treatment (AT), which is equivalent to ov ... read more ›
The healthcare sector, whose mission is protecting and promoting health, makes a major contribution to the climate crisis. Healthcare’s climate footprint is equivalent to 4.4%* of global net emissio ... read more ›
The HSE Waste Management handbook defines Healthcare Waste as solid or liquid waste arising from healthcare or health related facilities. The waste comprises two fractions, namely risk waste and non-r ... read more ›
In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued an alarming report which found that staving off the worst impacts of climate change by limiting global warming to 1.5°C, t ... read more ›