Quantification of single use plastics waste generated in clinical dental practice and hospital settings

Martin, Professor Nicolas; Mulligan, Steven; Fuzesi, Dr Peter; Hatton, Paul V.

doi:10.1016/j.jdent.2022.103948

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“…A recent study conducted in the UK has identified a mean of twentyone (n=21) SUP items utilised in every routine adult primary care dental procedure, with a mean mass of 354g per procedure. This figure can be extrapolated to a conservative estimate of approximately two billion dental SUP items per year (14.4 tonnes) [38]. The additional PPE required during the COVID-19 pandemic increased this figure to approximately 2.4 billion SUP items (27 tonnes) in the UK.…”

Section: Awareness and Challengesmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…The additional PPE required during the COVID-19 pandemic increased this figure to approximately 2.4 billion SUP items (27 tonnes) in the UK. Further studies of this type are required in alternative settings to obtain a clear baseline and to help inform remediation strategies [32,38,45]. Recycling as a basis for a business model is a significant challenge that needs resolving.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Waste is generated at all points of the supply chain: during mineral extraction and chemical synthesis, product manufacture, packaging at all levels (primary, secondary and tertiary) and end-user consumption. The high prevalence of single-use products (mainly plastics) and the increased use of PPE adds a huge burden to this [38].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare A Joint Stakeholder Statement

Martín¹,

Mulligan²,

Shellard³

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The Oral Healthcare community, including clinical professionals and industry, acknowledges the shared responsibility to deliver products and interventions that improve oral health in a more sustainable manner. To deliver this, the community is working in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Key to establishing this collaborative stakeholder consensus is a deep contextual understanding of the challenge. This is achieved through a comprehensive account of the levels of awareness of the environmental impacts, the challenges to resolve these impacts together with the drivers and opportunities to promote sustainable practices. This report concludes with a strategic action framework that makes specific recommendations and identifies best practice to achieve these goals. The promotion of excellent oral healthcare and the development of a circular economy are core to this strategy. Additionally, it is also important to recognise the opportunities to collaborate across the sector, and throughout supply chains, to develop and promote sustainable practices to achieve meaningful and measurable environmental outcomes in the sector. In this context, the FDI World Dental Federation convened the development of this volume, Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Statement. This consensus statement brings together a global coalition of stakeholders, representing all aspects of industry, health professionals, experts, legislative authorities and governments. The statement uses a truly collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to identify the major challenges facing oral healthcare, the complex drivers that underpin current behaviours and practices, and the best opportunities to improve and deliver sustainable oral healthcare for people and the planet. Concluding with an impactful and robust strategic action plan that crosses all boundaries, the statement identifies a series of actions and recommendations for best practice that address the sustainability issues facing the whole sector. Written by The University of Sheffield colleagues Prof Nicolas Martin, Dr Steven Mulligan, Hon. Prof Ian J Shellard and Prof Paul V Hatton, Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Statement is the result of a collaborative working partnership between the FDI-Sustainability in Dentistry Task Team and the project founding partners (Colgate-Palmolive, Dentsply Sirona, Haleon, Procter & Gamble and TePe) with the wide participation of stakeholders throughout the oral healthcare supply chain.

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Shellard³

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“…There is broad agreement that stakeholders in the oral health care sector could potentially make significant reductions in the volumes of waste generated, most notably from modifying manufacturing processes, packaging, and the high prevalence use of single-use products (mostly plastic and personal protective equipment). 6 …”

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Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Approach

Martín

England

Mulligan

2022

International Dental Journal

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“…There are plastic materials that, due to their versatility, are widely used; however, the proper management of their recycling is a longstanding problem (Grodzińska-Jurczak et al, 2022). Plastics such as LDPE are widely used for the manufacture of plastic bags (Martin et al, 2022), as the bags given to us in supermarkets, when shopping, are commonly made of LDPE because it is the most common way of transporting any goods (Gómez & Escobar, 2022).…”

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Design of a methodology for the elaboration of ecological bricks incorporating low-density polyethylene

MARTÍNEZ-ÁNGELES¹,

RÍOS-MORENO²,

PÉREZ-REA³

et al. 2022

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Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is generally found in the form of bags that are used to pack or transport merchandise; however, the proper disposal of this non-biodegradable material has been a great challenge, since, worldwide, it is calculated that only 9%, of the 9 billion tons that have been produced so far, has been recycled. In Mexico, it is estimated that 8 million tons of this material will be generated annually and only 14% will be recycled. On the other hand, the recycling of these residues, as an aggregate in construction materials, is considered an environmentally sustainable application. The objective of this article is to develop a methodology for the design of ecological concrete bricks incorporating LDPE from design as part of its aggregates, which will be obtained from articles with results presented, thus seeking to analyze the best design; this as an alternative to bricks commonly found in the construction industry. Although bricks made only with LDPE and sand have given good results, in relation to the use of plastic in intervals of 25 to 50%, it is expected that by adding Portland cement, they will have better physical and mechanical properties.

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Quantification of single use plastics waste generated in clinical dental practice and hospital settings

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Cited by 18 publications

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Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare A Joint Stakeholder Statement

Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare A Joint Stakeholder Statement

Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Approach

Design of a methodology for the elaboration of ecological bricks incorporating low-density polyethylene

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