Why Green Anaesthesia?
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CO2e each year from NHS England
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waste per theatre, every year
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waste that could be recycled
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The NHS produces around 5% of Scotland’s carbon emissions.
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Anaesthesia, primarily volatile anaesthesia, accounts for 5% of NHS emissions.
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Manufacture and procurement of volatiles has a significant unrecognised environmental impact.
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As well as being potent greenhouse gases, volatile anaesthetics contribute to destruction of the ozone layer.
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1 MAC-hour of desflurane, even at low flows has the equivalent emissions of burning a 30 litre tank of petrol.