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Clinical waste collectors – unprotected, untrained, underpaid and undervalued A cleaner throws medical rubbish into a large, open bin at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital after in Amritsar, India on 11 June 2020. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) Share this page A cleaner throws medical rubbish into a large, open bin at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital after in Amritsar, India on 11 June 2020. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) It was an accident that could have been avoided. While a waste collector was incinerating infectious was...

for its leadership in promoting environmental excellence, health and wellness. In 2018, the health network created a nutrition program for patients called Reshape Your Health. The program was designed to share healthy eating tips and cooking demonstrations from experts. The network also produces healthy menus, which feature plant-forward alternatives for patients. “Hackensack Meridian  Health is dedicated to advancing sustainability across all of our hospitals for the patients and communit...

In birth, in sickness and in death, hospitals produce gigantic amounts of waste – much of which can be avoided. In the US, the healthcare sector makes up 10% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study in the National Library of Medicine. The global healthcare climate footprint is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 514 coal-fired power plants, according to a report by Health Care Without Harm, a global organization that advocates for ecologically sustainable...