'Sterilisers' is a new essay by Alice Street and Jeremy Greene in The Matter of Hospitals edited by Anna Harris that explores sterilisation as a hidden infrastructure shaping reuse, labour, and material flows in hospitals.

Dr. Sett is the first and only biomedical waste treatment facility in Senegal. Located in Sinda, 68 km from Dakar in the Thiès region, it enables public and private medical facilities to manage all their biomedical waste in a responsible and sustainable manner. 

Dani Farrow presented research on reuse, circular economy narratives, and the infrastructures of disposability at a symposium on the anthropology of plastics at the University of Aarhus.

A field visit to Mbeubeuss reveals the scale, labour and risks shaping Dakar’s only dumpsite and the presence of biomedical waste in everyday waste streams.

Anne Kveim Lie presented new research on the history of the disposable glove at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting 2024.

After the Single Use researcher Jeremy Greene presented at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting as part of the panel ‘Sciences of Waste / Wastes of Science’.

Danielle Farrow reflects on CleanMed Europe 2025 explores the unresolved tensions shaping sustainable healthcare: how we balance patient outcomes, budgets, and planetary health, and who carries the burden of driving change. Read the full piece on why confronting these trade-offs is essential for reimagining healthcare’s future.