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In birth, in sickness and in death, hospitals produce gigantic amounts of waste – much of which can be avoided. In the US, the healthcare sector makes up 10% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study in the National Library of Medicine. The global healthcare climate footprint is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 514 coal-fired power plants, according to a report by Health Care Without Harm, a global organization that advocates for ecologically sustainable healthcare practices
“If the world’s health services were a country, it would be the fifth-largest carbon emitter on the planet,” according to the organization.