Waste management plays a crucial—and often overlooked—role in safeguarding patients, healthcare workers, and communities. By ...

Numerous interventions are needed to recycle more healthcare plastic, but the system is complex, according to a new report.

Beginning seven years ago when the Associated Press released a report that revealed trace amounts of pharmaceuticals were found in the drinking water used by at least 46 million Americans, hospitals ...

One of the main factors driving prices in pharmaceuticals, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs and antibiotics, is the cost of ...

New Hampshire’s health care facilities should keep an eye on a proposed federal rule that could fundamentally change the way that hazardous waste pharmaceuticals are handled. The U.S. Environmental ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, ...

A proposed medical waste processing facility in Blount County has sparked controversy among residents concerned about health, ...