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Physicians are increasingly concerned about the climate crisis. In September, 2019, health-care professionals participating in Extinction Rebellion action blocked the entrance to the UKs Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to protest about impotent responses to climate change. Health Care Without Harm has formed a Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, “which has over 1650 members in more than 75 countries and every world region, who are using innovation, ingenuity, an...

Representatives of almost 200 nations gather in Punta del Este, Paraguay to discuss measures to combat plastic pollution.

Grants to nine organizations will help public and private institutions scale place-based programs and advance national initiatives NEW YORK | October 3,

Abstract This article explores the anticipated impact on sustainability of implementing the National Wound Care Strategy Programme’s recommendations for

Several environmental groups on Thursday called on President “Bongbong” Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to veto the bill institutionalizing the extended producers’ responsibility (EPR) in waste management. EPR makes it the responsibility of companies to properly recover, recycle, treat, or dispose of what they produce after they have been sold and consumed.

The health-care industry accounts for 8.5% of the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, almost as much as agriculture. So the Biden administration is

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Burning piles of used gloves, test kits and syringes release toxic pollutants. But there are ways to improve medical recycling

Proposed phase-out would hamper the circular economy in health care, says PVCMed Alliance.