Impact on carbon footprint: A life cycle assessment of disposable versus reusable sharps containers in a large US hospital

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 639-642

  Grimmond, Terry ^a   Reiner, Sandra ^b  

^a Microbiology Consultants   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; global warming potential; greenhouse gases; hospital; life cycle assessment; reusable; Sharps containers; Sharpsmart; sustainable

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REUSABLE; SHARPSMART; SUSTAINABLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTAINERS; GLOBAL WARMING; HOSPITALS; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; RECYCLING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYPROPYLENE;

CARBON EMISSION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REUSABLE EQUIPMENT; SHARPS CONTAINER; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; NEEDLES; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862256408     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12450602     Document Type: Article

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