Prescription for plastic medical waste: How hospitals, medical suppliers are aiming to be greener
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Prescription for plastic medical waste: How hospitals, medical suppliers are aiming to be greener
Description
May 9, 2024
While lots of resources go into medical procedures to improve or save lives, those efforts also produce lots of plastic waste. Eric Sorensen looks at how some Canadian hospitals and medical suppliers are taking steps to cure long-standing sustainability issues.
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Prescription for plastic medical waste: How hospitals, medical suppliers are aiming to be greener02:35 | May 9, 2024 -
ICE taps Ontario firm for 20 armoured vehicles02:06 | December 3, 2025 -
Ottawa, B.C. unveil anti-extortion measures02:08 | November 28, 2025 -
Canada, Ontario spending $3B on small modular reactors02:07 | October 23, 2025 -
Unplugged: GM ending electric van production at Ontario plant01:59 | October 21, 2025 -
How will Stellantis’ U.S. move impact Canada’s auto sector?02:13 | October 15, 2025 -
Hard foul: Why prized Canadian basketball artifacts could move to U.S.02:32 | October 7, 2025 -
Marineland threatens to euthanize 30 beluga whales as Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to take action01:45 | October 7, 2025 -
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Speed camera vandals on rise in Toronto as fines issued at mass scale02:06 | September 7, 2025 -
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‘People are suffering’: Dangerous heat roasts Eastern Canada02:11 | June 24, 2025 -
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Hamilton feeling pressure from ‘catastrophic’ U.S. steel tariffs02:24 | March 12, 2025 -
Ontario, Quebec digging out of huge snowstorm02:04 | February 17, 2025 -
Snowstorm closes schools across GTA01:38 | February 13, 2025
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Prescription for plastic medical waste: How hospitals, medical suppliers are aiming to be greener02:35 | May 9, 2024
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ICE taps Ontario firm for 20 armoured vehicles02:06 | December 3, 2025
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Ottawa, B.C. unveil anti-extortion measures02:08 | November 28, 2025
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Canada, Ontario spending $3B on small modular reactors02:07 | October 23, 2025
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Unplugged: GM ending electric van production at Ontario plant01:59 | October 21, 2025
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How will Stellantis’ U.S. move impact Canada’s auto sector?02:13 | October 15, 2025
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Hard foul: Why prized Canadian basketball artifacts could move to U.S.02:32 | October 7, 2025
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Marineland threatens to euthanize 30 beluga whales as Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to take action01:45 | October 7, 2025
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Prescription for plastic medical waste: How hospitals, medical suppliers are aiming to be greener
Description
May 9, 2024
While lots of resources go into medical procedures to improve or save lives, those efforts also produce lots of plastic waste. Eric Sorensen looks at how some Canadian hospitals and medical suppliers are taking steps to cure long-standing sustainability issues.
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