Blogs|Environment

Ask an Expert… ABOUT WASTE REDUCTION IN HEALTHCARE Original Air Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 @ 1:00pm ET Description: Hospitals, doctors offices and other healthcare settings generate volumes of waste and present unique challenges to waste prevention and recovery efforts. Hearing case studies of successful sustainability programs is helpful but sometimes it’s nice to talk through the real-world details with someone who has first-hand experience. As a follow up to our January healthcare reuse webinar, Busch Systems invited healthcare sustainability expert Erika Kimball to engage…

Advancing the Circular Economy in Healthcare Original Air Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 @ 1:00pm ET   Description: Hard-to-recycle, single-use supplies, packaging and devices have become a defining feature of the healthcare system in recent decades. Economic and safety concerns and a “culture of convenience” has long stymied efforts to reduce the flood of items like disposable gowns, never-used surgical instruments and endless volumes of blue wrap. This is starting to change. Presented in conjunction with Kimball Sustainable Healthcare, this free webinar – the first…

Targeting Hard to Recover Waste in Healthcare Original air date: December 1st, 2021 at 12:00pm EDT Description: Targeting Hard to Recover Waste in Healthcare: Up & down stream efforts to reduce waste from OR’s and clinical settings… While many large institutions are making real progress toward zero waste goals, hospitals and other medical facilities have struggled to keep pace. Healthcare generates an enormous amount of waste, much of it long considered unavoidable and unrecoverable. That’s starting to change as more sustainability initiatives seek solutions for…