负责任的废物管理:高效利用资源 (第一部分)
Sheryl Wilmott1, Eleni Pasdeki-Clewer2, Brett Duane3
1Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK. sheryl.wilmott@nhs.net.
British dental journal
|September 22, 2023
概括
牙科实践产生大量的废物,影响成本和环境. 实施废物减少策略,审计和适当的隔离可以最大限度地减少这种影响,并促进可持续的做法.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 牙科实践管理 牙科实践管理
背景情况:
- 牙科实践产生各种各样的废物流,带来环境和健康风险.
- 目前的废物处理方法带来了巨大的成本和生态损害.
- 了解废物管理对于可持续的牙科操作至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 详细介绍废物类型,处理成本以及牙科环境/健康影响.
- 探索牙科手术的废物层次原则和减少策略.
- 检查废物审计和分离对成本效益和环境保护的好处.
主要方法:
- 对专门针对牙科实践的废物管理文献的审查.
- 分析废物层次原则及其应用.
- 讨论废物审计和分离技术.
- 探索影响牙科机构废物处理的行为因素.
主要成果:
- 识别牙科实践中关键的废物流和相关的处置挑战.
- 通过减少和分离废物来证明成本节约和环境效益.
- 强调废物审计在确定需要改进的领域中的重要性.
- 对采用可持续废物管理行为的障碍和推动因素的分析.
结论:
- 实施废物减少,审计和隔离可显著降低成本和环境影响.
- 在牙科团队中促进有利于环境的行为对于持续成功至关重要.
- 可持续的废物管理是负责任的牙科实践的关键组成部分.
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