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The future is not
disposable
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32516230/
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https://mcusercontent.com/aa2ab73f5abeaf7fa577a1399/files/cf3c9e76-bd02-33bf-59f1-75ab1e32b389/Our_over_reliance_on_single_use_equipment.pdf
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0141076819890554
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w28M7wjIr6E
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https://nhsproviders.org/news-blogs/blogs/not-so-fantastic-plastic
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https://mcusercontent.com/aa2ab73f5abeaf7fa577a1399/files/f7815791-88dc-760e-dd65-08ae27e18410/Does_the_type_of_surgical_drape_disposable_versus_non_
disposable_affect_the_SSI.pdf
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22492184/
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https://www.ajicjournal.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0196-6553%2818%2930075-0
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http://www.sustainabilityroadmap.org/pims/pdfs/pim247_lifecycle_assessment_disposable_versus_reusable.pdf
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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.21.20198911v1
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https://bit.ly/3BAJU9b
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Cumulative energy demand, water consumption, fossil resource scarcity, mineral resource scarcity, land use, human non-carcinogenic toxicity, human carcinogenic
toxicity, marine ecotoxicity, freshwater ecotoxicity, terrestrial ecotoxicity, marine eutrophication, freshwater eutrophication, terrestrial acidification, ozone formation – terrestrial
ecosystems, fine particulate matter formation, ozone formation – human health, ionizing radiation, stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming.
