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February 12, 2026ANZ Journal of Surgery

What's in the Bin? A Waste Audit of an Australian Tertiary Ear, Nose and Throat Outpatient Clinic

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CDCassie L. DowDCDaron CopeRERobert Eisenberg

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Audit quantifies waste and emissions in an ENT clinic, indicating significant environmental impact.

Key Points

  • The study aims to quantify waste production and estimate carbon emissions in an ENT outpatient clinic.
  • Collected and weighed disposable waste from 20 ENT clinics in November 2024.
  • Measured plastic packaging from 10 clinics.
  • Utilized lifecycle assessments (LCA) to calculate global warming potential (GWP).
  • Estimated 244.56 kg of clinical waste generated annually across 20 clinics.
  • Associated GWP of 996.154 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
  • Reusable rhinolaryngoscopes contributed 477.26 kgCO2-e annually.
  • Total waste and emissions equaled 1015.75 kgCO2-e annually, or 0.26 kgCO2-e per patient.

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Dow et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698d6edc5be6419ac0d54ba6https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.70526
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