Billions of face masks and other personal protective equipment have been used throughout the pandemic. Containing plastic, these items are damaging wildlife and their environments.
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Hospitals have a lot of room to reduce, reuse and recycle supplies – as many were forced to discover during the pandemic.
“Frankly, why should any hospital purchase coal-fired energy when it produces toxic air pollution that harms health?”
Inspired by amber and hard candy, researchers figured out a new, needle-free, shelf-stable way to preserve vaccines, making them easier to ship and administer around the world.
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Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Pharmaceutics, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Industrial Ecology and Climate Change, Humboldt University of Berlin
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Eli Broad Endowed Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University
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