Circular Economy Strategies to reduce Medical waste streams

van Straten, B. J. (Speaker)
Horeman, T. (Speaker)
corinne riekwel (Speaker)
Joost R.M. van der Sijp (Speaker)
Ron op de Weegh (Speaker)

Medical Instruments & Bio-Inspired Technology

Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference

Description

Hospital waste streams can be minimized or even eliminated by using circular strategies. Reduce: Use less disposable instruments and more reusable instruments. Reuse: Repair of instruments instead of replacement. Recycle: Packaging was recycled, wrapping paper and steel waste into new materials. New products were manufactured out of recycled hospital waste. Cultural change is needed including creating awareness, change of workflows of transcending departments are needed. Presentation of the conference of the World Sterilization Federation WFHSS in Brussels, October 2023. Title: "CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES TO REDUCE MEDICAL WASTE STREAMS" https://wfhss.com/world-congress-2023-bruxelles-belgium/

Period	16 Oct 2023
Held at	World Federation for Hospital Sterilization Sciences, Belgium
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

circular economy
sustainable engineering
circular engineering
Sustainable development

Documents & Links

http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35153.54884