Dr Amy Collins joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Shanda Demorest: “How Should We Respond to Health Care Generating Environmental Harm?”

Lloyd Duplechan joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Health Care Organizations Can Be Stewardship Leaders.”

Communities are not affected equally by the volume and location of US health care waste.

The health sector has obligations and ample opportunities to protect health by decreasing waste and motivating more system-wide sustainable clinical practices.

Human health promotion and environmental protection are values that sometimes complement each other, but sometimes conflict in BCU management.

Health system function, resilience, and sustainability are needed to help prepare trainees to lead, innovate, and prioritize a circular supply chain with low emissions.

The volume of hazardous health care waste is a global problem and its disposal can be environmentally damaging.

Government- and industry-funded campaigns for medication disposal do work, but responsibility often falls on local health care organizations to provide education and services.

Dumping domestic and international health care waste into the earth’s terra firma and oceans undermine global health equity and the health of vulnerable communities.

Since health organizations offer food, they are situated at key intersections of agricultural policies and practices and public health.