Blog posts tagged ‘sustainability’

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A researcher lays out the different white and blue materials found in a gown and mask on a grey floor.
12 May 2026

After the Single Use partners with NOBA on international artist residencies

After the Single Use is collaborating with NOBA, Norway’s first permanent BioArt platform, to develop a series of international artist residencies exploring healthcare plastics, waste, and circular healthcare systems.
A disassembled single use medical device in placed on a table with a black background.

Mapping waste research across the University of Edinburgh

Presentations

After the Single Use researchers participated in a cross-disciplinary workshop exploring waste research across the University of Edinburgh, bringing together perspectives from anthropology, archaeology, environmental humanities, and the arts.
An advertisement for a plastic glove called "White Knight". The saturated Norwegian advertisement shows a single hand in the glove with annotations about its benefits.

Hand in glove: the history of the disposable glove at HSS 2024

Presentations

Anne Kveim Lie presented new research on the history of the disposable glove at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting 2024.
Three community activists occupy Govanhill baths, sitting on the roof of the baths with a banner that reads 'Ours' in 2001 when the pool was threatened with closure

Discarding well? justice and collective care in two grassroots waste initiatives in the UK

Academic publications

Grassroots initiatives model socially just, care-centred ways of “discarding well,” revealing both their transformative potential and the need for broader systemic change in waste relations.
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08 Apr 2025

SCORAI Europe Conference 2025: Discarding well? How grassroots waste initiatives advance intersectional justice

Cat Acheson shares research on grassroots waste initiatives and intersectional justice at the 2025 SCORAI Europe Conference.
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24 Jul 2025

Plastics and healthcare: Navigating the balance among access, health, and sustainability

At a WHO workshop, Jeremy Greene outlines the PASS-UP model—a practical framework for cutting single-use plastics in global healthcare.
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Activism, public health, and global plastics treaty negotiations at ‘The Anthropology of Plastics’ symposium in Aarhus

Presentations

Cat Acheson presented research on activism, public health, and global plastics treaty negotiations at ‘The Anthropology of Plastics’ symposium in Aarhus.
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Unravelling the healthcare paradox: tensions in sustainable healthcare

Blog posts

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.
Alice Street and Millie Marriott Webb amongst an array of POCTs at the pop-up lab.
07 Nov 2025

Deconstructing Devices at POCT for Scot

Every year at POCT for Scot, global and local Point of Care Test suppliers alike assemble to discuss industry advances and promote their technologies to the delegation of researchers, healthcare and laboratory professionals.

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Syringes, packaging and masks: can we do without disposable plastic equipment in hospitals?

Media items

Can hospitals reduce their dependence on disposable plastics? Bruno Strasser contributes to a discussion on the history, risks, and trade-offs behind medical throwaway culture.
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