Hotter global temperatures and increasingly variable climate patterns negatively affect
human health, with a wide recognition that climate change is a major global health threat …

In an era of electronics-driven healthcare, the disposability of many medical devices raises
environmental concerns. Transitioning these devices towards a circular economy, involving …

Medical devices and consumables are contributors to the known, highly negative ecological
impacts of healthcare provision. Medical device manufacturing organizations are …

With up to 7% of national emissions coming from health care in industrial nations, and
volatile anaesthetics and nitrous oxide being particularly effective greenhouse gases …

In the United States, the health care sector is responsible for 10% of the nation's carbon
emissions. 1 Anesthesia-related care is responsible for 5% of total health care carbon …

Discussions of the environmental impacts of general anesthetics have focused on
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from inhaled agents, with those of total intravenous …

Healthcare systems plan their activities to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, without
addressing environmental and social sustainability. This paper describes a new approach …

The aim of this research was to investigate for the first time the possible application range of
sustainable cellulose-filled polymer-based materials dedicated for common use in …

In the healthcare sector, surgery (especially in the operating theatre) is responsible for
emission of greenhouse gases, which is a source of global warming. The goal of this largely …

Background: The healthcare industry has been shown to have a large negative
environmental impact–producing vast amounts of waste and CO2 emissions. Operating …