Author: Esch-R

Welcome to the podcast of the ESCH-R research project, the podcast about circularity in hospitals! Together with Esch-R partners from healthcare and industry, we discuss the concrete steps the healthcare sector can take toward a circular future.

“How can hospitals move away from single use medical consumables and make the transition towards circularity?” 💚 Exciting Milestone for ESCH-R!

On September 24th, a diverse group of 40 international guests from all over the world participating in the Health Visitors Programme (organized by Task Force Healthcare) visited the ESCH-R Living Lab at Erasmus MC to engage in a stimulating discussion on circularity in healthcare. The delegation...

In episode one, (Circular) Healthcare takes centre stage and professor of sustainable procurement and Esch-r board member Erik van Raaij shares the topic of sustainability in healthcare. What role does sustainability play in hospitals’ procurement policies? Can this be more sustainable or...

Professor Erik van Raaij’s responsibilities at Rotterdam’s Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) include sustainable healthcare procurement. By collecting data, oral care can still gain a lot, he believes: ‘For example, do we know accurately what enters the...

A vanguard of healthcare professionals have initiated a movement towards sustainable care. Their examples deserve to be followed. But what does it take to accelerate? Seven players with a heart for sustainable care pondered that question at the Zorgvisie/Philips roundtable in Utrecht.

FIGURE Distribution of scope 3.1 emissions across Erasmus MC. Ise Lau, A. Burdorf, Simone Hesseling, Louise Wijk, Martin Tauber, Nicole Hunfeld

Kick-off project “Product Now” with TU Delft students 6 September, 2024 On Friday the 6th of September, three groups of 5-6 TU Delft students each started their ESCH-R assignment in the course “Product Now” during an official project Kick-off at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the...

At the end of June, a working visit to Beijing on sustainable care was organised by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The focus was on IC and OR. Esch-R coordinator dr. Nicole Hunfeld went along to explain her green IC project at Erasmus MC and the NVIC’s green IC committee. Niek...