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Rethinking plastics use in healthcare to reduce waste, greenhouse gas emissions and costs
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How reducing single-use plastics in healthcare can cut emissions, save billions, and protect patient care<\/h3>\n

Plastics are essential to modern healthcare, enabling safe, sterile, and reliable care across hospitals, clinics, and community settings. From gloves and gowns to IV bags, packaging and rigid devices, they support infection prevention and patient safety. Yet their widespread single-use has major consequences: mounting waste, rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and escalating costs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018A Prescription for Change: Rethinking plastics use in healthcare to reduce waste, greenhouse gas emissions and costs\u2019<\/em>, a new report from Systemiq and Eunomia, quantifies the environmental and financial impacts of single-use plastics in healthcare and provides a set of circularity and decarbonisation strategies to accelerate progress.\u202f\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”3592″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” img_link=”#download”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]The report reveals that without action, annual healthcare plastics waste and GHG emissions could rise by 35\u201340% by 2040, pushing costs for health systems in Europe and North America above $76 billion per year.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To address this challenge, we highlight five evidence-based circular economy strategies that hospitals and suppliers can scale today, without compromising patient health or safety:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” animation_easing=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”]

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