Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have now shown how mixed waste from health care can be recycled in a safe and efficient way, using a technique where the material is ...

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) for the South-East Asia Region, has rolled out a Certificate in Health Care Waste ...

On February 3rd, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value released its report, "A Road Map for Action." Here, we our Council recommendations on administrative spending and waste.

Informed by prior experience in responding to disease outbreaks and limiting pollutants from health care waste, UNDP in Sri Lanka at the request of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Sri Lanka, in ...

Help us investigate health care waste, fraud and abuse Sarah Kliff is an investigative health care reporter for The Times. Katie Thomas is an investigative health care reporter at The Times.

NORWELL - A day care company and a waste management facility in Massachusetts have teamed up to turn dirty diapers into electricity. Diapers are one of the biggest sources of U.S. household waste ...

Waste management is tightly controlled by legislation. Waste producers must store waste safely and securely, comply with the Duty of Care and ensure that the waste hierarchy is applied during the ...

Administrative spending accounts for 15–30 percent of health care spending. The US spends more on health care administration than comparable countries. At least half of administrative spending ...

Newsweek is hosting a webinar for health care executives on Thursday, February 13, to discuss crisis management in an increasingly unpredictable industry.

The health care industry generates about 30% of the world’s data volume, and a significant portion of the IT budget is spent on storage and health care data management. It is hard to fathom the ...

Tens of thousands of metric tons of extra medical waste tied to COVID-19 put tremendous strain on health-care waste management around the world.