24th January, 2021

#25 JournalChat: What is the Cost of Healthcare on our Environment?

With Ms. Chantelle Rizan

Want to know how to be more green at work, but you can only sigh as you plop your 1 millionth item of pristine plastic PPE from that morning into the bin?

Articles discussed:
Plastics in healthcare: time for a re-evaluation
The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital
The Carbon Footprint of Surgical Operations
Using surgical sustainability principles to improve planetary health and optimise surgical services following the COVID-19 pandemic

Presented & written by: Barney & Jon Edited by: Barney
Infographics: Abi & Isobel