Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of circular interventions in hospitals and thereby lower the ecological footprint of the healthcare sector in terms of CO2 emission, material extraction and waste.

Source: Algemeen dagblad via Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik.
Author: Ellen van Gaalen

Nicole Hunfeld – PI of ESCH-R – was interviewed by the national newspaper Algemeen Dagblad about Medicine Shortages and Large-Scale Medication Waste.

Significant Shortages, but Also Widespread Medication Waste

While medicine shortages continue to grow, thousands of pills and capsules are thrown away daily. Increasingly, voices are advocating for returned medications to be given to new patients.

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Nicole Hunfeld: “I once received a bag of returned medications worth €350,000.”

Read the article here (in Dutch).