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Healthcare Purchasing News surveys executives on green healthcare strategies. Every year, the annual sustainability issue in Healthcare Purchasing News reports an in-depth look at the most pressing issues facing purchasing and supply chain when it comes to sustainability initiatives. This year’s article points out that healthcare organizations have the potential to be leaders in sustainable transformation.…

Means & Matters takes a behind-the-scenes look at the latest ways hospital CFOs turn green into gold via hospital waste. Hospitals produce excessive amounts of trash, racking up unnecessary costs and environmental impacts. This waste is especially apparent in operating rooms, where millions of dollars’ worth of surgical items are discarded annually. The effects of…

By Jenny Motzer – November 17, 2020 The emergence of single-use plastics in the mid-20th century revolutionized the fields of healthcare and medicine. This new form of technology brought about unprecedented sanitation capabilities due to its flexibility and disposability. For decades since, plastic has been selected as the primary material produced and discarded in healthcare…

How can hospitals reduce waste in the midst of a global pandemic? Supply Chain Dive takes a closer look at how COVID-19 is pushing healthcare leaders to innovate in waste reduction. Hospitals typically produce enormous amounts of waste. Procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) and now vaccines to manage COVID-19 has made waste an even greater issue in the…

By: Rick Dana Barlow – October 27th, 2020 But some link sustainability to resilience Historically, it should be no secret that sustainability as an aim, issue and management priority has struggled to gain a solid foothold among the key tentpoles of business operations. This year, against the backdrop of a global pandemic that has shaken…

It’s time for our first check-up on hospitals and sustainability. With coronavirus upending our way of life and infecting so many people, it’s critical that our hospitals continue to operate. Sustainability ensures hospitals can continue operations in times of stress, and it also helps hospitals save money, reduce their impact on the environment, and make…

As it prepares a report on the recently completed study on mechanical recycling of flexible medical packaging, the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council launches a new study on chemical recycling. By: Norbert Sparrow – February 20, 2020 U.S healthcare facilities generate approximately 14,000 tons of waste per day, and it’s estimated that as much as one-quarter…

By: Norbert Sparrow  – January 22, 2020 Single-use plastics may be beating a retreat at your local coffeehouse, supermarket and now, it seems, the entire country of China, but there is no shortage of demand in the medical device space. Au contraire: The medical plastics market is forecast to see sustained growth well into this…

by Rob Chase, Founder & President As 2020 begins, it is a great time to share company developments, reflect, and take a moment to express gratitude. It is an honor to serve the communities that heal and nurture health of people, planet and all living things. Whether you are a customer that has been with…