{"id":1537,"date":"2024-06-24T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T01:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:58:46","slug":"code-green-tackling-the-impact-of-single-use-plastic-in-the-health-care-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/code-green-tackling-the-impact-of-single-use-plastic-in-the-health-care-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"CODE GREEN \u2013 tackling the impact of single use plastic in the health care sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presentation by <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/renae-mcbrien-qld-childrens-hospital\/\">Renae McBrien<\/a> (Queensland Children\u2019s Hospital)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plastics comprise up to a third of hospitals\u2019 general waste and 40-60% of the clinical waste streams. Modern healthcare has a critical reliance on single use plastic and ultimately generates a largescale waste problem within any hospital, with a significant portion missing the opportunity to be segregated and captured into recycling. There is little understanding of the lifecycle of medical plastics, with no labelling, plastic identification or product stewardship to support a circular economy in Australia. Queensland Children\u2019s Hospital (QCH) delivers national leadership on sustainable management of medical plastics. The QCH have eliminated over 1 million pieces of single use plastic from their health care service and have developed clinical pathways to segregate and recycle plastics from critical care areas. The QCH Operating theatres have delivered a 40% reduction in landfill since introducing plastic recycling in theatres. QCH now segregate 1100L of clean, repeatable plastic every day which represents potential value and feed stock to the recycling and manufacturing industries. 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