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25.01.2022 Great news that other departments in the hospital are making progress with the War on Waste I got to the meeting on Wednesday and there are lots of great things going on in the ED and other areas as well. We should do a post for the Blah about all the great work we've done in theatres. The next meeting in September has the recycling officer from the PA talking via Zoom -I'll keep you posted.

25.01.2022 awesome #StrawNoMore StrawBassador Emily was at the launch of Plastic Free Townsville. We love this program being rolled out across some Queensland cities by our friends at Boomerang Alliance!

24.01.2022 Hi All - I hope everyone is keeping well I am stuck in Scotland - hope the war on waste is still going - as well as the war on COVID Not waste related but I thought people might like this podcast - Christiana Figueras - the woman who brought us the Paris climate agreement - was doing a book tour in Australia just before the lockdown and gives an interesting interview https://podcasts.apple.com//outrage-and-opti/id1459416461

24.01.2022 Great to see this story in the Bulletin!

21.01.2022 I’ve had a reply from Jenny Hill that the council can help us with a recycling toolkit - she confirmed that recycling IS actively going on in Townsville I’ve contacted the guys at PA for practical advice We’ll be organising a meeting in a couple of weeks to get started https://metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au//two-thirds-of-pa-hos

21.01.2022 This weekend is the TED Countdown - amazing speakers on climate change and what we need to do https://countdown.ted.com

19.01.2022 Hi All - I hope everyone is keeping well I am stuck in Scotland - hope the war on waste is still going - as well as the war on COVID Not waste related but I thought people might like this podcast - Christiana Figueras - the woman who brought us the Paris climate agreement - was doing a book tour in Australia just before the lockdown and gives an interesting interview https://podcasts.apple.com//outrage-and-opti/id1459416461

18.01.2022 Great news that other departments in the hospital are making progress with the War on Waste I got to the meeting on Wednesday and there are lots of great things going on in the ED and other areas as well. We should do a post for the Blah about all the great work we've done in theatres. The next meeting in September has the recycling officer from the PA talking via Zoom -I'll keep you posted.

17.01.2022 Could we ban bottled water in TTH?

15.01.2022 awesome #StrawNoMore StrawBassador Emily was at the launch of Plastic Free Townsville. We love this program being rolled out across some Queensland cities by our friends at Boomerang Alliance!

14.01.2022 Good news - some of the other departments in the hospital have been working away on the War on Waste. They have a meeting on next Wednesday 26th August - Training Room 1 & 2 in the Basement at 1200 - 1300

14.01.2022 Here's the info from the council - I'm going to talk to their chief recycling person to make sure we're not wasting our time https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au//wa/reduce-reuse-recycle

13.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who was at the War on Waste meeting this morning I’ll chase up the guys at the PA and Mackay and we can hopefully get started with recycling next week Happy long weekend Steve G

13.01.2022 Latest newsletter from Climate and Health Alliance https://www.caha.org.au/sustainable_healthcare_newsletter_j

12.01.2022 Hi everyone in Townsville - I hope the war on waste is still going, while I’m stuck in Scotland Have had a few cancelled flights so maybe 5th time lucky in a couple of weeks Was listening to So hot right now! A new podcast on sustainability - Sir David Attenborough on this episode talking about how people eventually got the message about plastic

10.01.2022 Latest newsletter from Climate and Health Alliance https://www.caha.org.au/sustainable_healthcare_newsletter_j

10.01.2022 Here's the latest edition of the Climate and Health Alliance newsletter about sustainable healthcare https://www.caha.org.au/sustainable_healthcare_newsletter_a

09.01.2022 Just at the Townville Hospital War on Waste meeting hearing from Renae about her work in Brisbane - at PA & the Children's hospital - loads of brilliant ideas :) There will soon be a hospital QHEPS page for our War on Waste - more news soon!

08.01.2022 Hi everyone in Townsville - I hope the war on waste is still going, while I’m stuck in Scotland Have had a few cancelled flights so maybe 5th time lucky in a couple of weeks Was listening to So hot right now! A new podcast on sustainability - Sir David Attenborough on this episode talking about how people eventually got the message about plastic

05.01.2022 If the the PA can do it.... https://www.facebook.com/abcinbrisbane/videos/343506196317331?sfns=mo

04.01.2022 Our local young campaigners are an inspiration https://youtu.be/Rr5Py1r9xjw https://www.strawnomore.org/

03.01.2022 The next meeting of the War on Waste Group is next Wednesday 23rd Sept - 1200 - 1300 - Training room 1 & 2, Support Services in the Basement

03.01.2022 This is a new page to help us get started with the War on Waste in Townsville Health Workers have been trying to find ways of reducing our hospital's environmental impact, but there seem to be many obstacles to getting started. 2020 is the time to overcome the barriers and just do it! Details of our first meeting soon ....

03.01.2022 Meeting next week time changed to 1230 - contact [email protected]

03.01.2022 ANZCA - my favourite college of anaesthetists has guidelines on sustainability - it's quite long - so here's the highlights 1. Sevo - not Des or N2O - they hang around for years and contribute to greenhouse and ozone problems 2. Propofol - TIVA - but what about manufacturing and excreted phenols??? 3. Regional is best - yay! 4. We should plan for more ecological healthcare... 5. Don't waste stuff on unnecessary tests and procedures 6. We need to look at overall impact of reusing or single use - sometimes the environmental impact of recycling might be greater 7. We can encourage manufacturers to put stuff in less packaging that's biodegradable or recyclable 8. Do we always need to draw up emergency drugs? 9. Operating rooms generate 20-30% of total hospital waste; wow! 10. Recycling programs in healthcare facilities should be standard practice - 60% less waste to landfill!!! So that's the top 10 - all the details here -

02.01.2022 Got a message from Rose on Maggie Island - great resources on their site https://www.zerowastemi.org.au/zero-waste-at-home