In Auxerre, Hospital Aims to Treat the Planet by Reducing Waste: Equates One Operation to a Week’s Worth of Household Waste.

The observation hurts: in the block, an operation produces more waste than a family of four in a week. Overpacks, information leaflets, single-use equipment… 80% of waste is generated even before the patient enters the room. “While our first responsibility is obviously to care, many health professionals feel uncomfortable throwing away so much. They take care at home, as citizens, and do not find these values ​​in their professional lives, which creates a dissonance” , assures Doctor Baptiste Borraccino, visceral and digestive surgeon in Auxerre.