Waste generated from a single surgical procedure in a U.S. hospital (photo credit: Cassandra Thiel)
Healthcare is a critical service sector with a sizable environmental “footprint” – both directly (e.g., from onsite energy and water use and waste generation), and indirectly (e.g., from the production of healthcare-related products like medical devices and pharmaceuticals). Our research applies industrial ecology approaches to examine this area more systematically.
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University of Bordeaux Initiative of Excellence (IdEx)