Environmental Health Perspectives

Solutions to Health Care Waste: Life-Cycle Thinking and "Green" Purchasing.

Environmental Health Perspectives | March 1, 2001 | Copyright

Health care waste treatment is linked to bioaccumulative toxic substances, such as mercury and dioxins, which suggests the need for a new approach to product selection. To address environmental issues proactively, all stages of the product life cycle should be considered during material selection. The purchasing mechanism is a promising channel for action that can be used to promote the use of environmentally preferable products in the health care industry; health care facilities can improve environmental performance and still decrease costs. Tools that focus on environmentally…

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