Medical technology and the environment

The healthcare and medical technology sectors have a fairly large environmental footprint. A large amount of energy is required to power hospitals and produce medical devices, as well as the large amounts of waste produced. The connection between carbon emissions and climate change have been well established, as well as the huge impact of health that climate change will have. However, medical technology can also have many environmental and sustainability benefits. Within this statistics report will be chapters on healthcare's effect on the environment, as well as both the positive and negative effects of the medical technology industry.