Reducing/Recycling Product Packaging Materials and Implementing Sustainable Development Goal Initiatives in Orthopedic Artificial Joint Manufacturing and Sales Companies: A Questionnaire-Based Survey
Haruo Kawamura, Tomofumi Nishino, Hajime Mishima · 2024
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Haruo Kawamura, Tomofumi Nishino, and Hajime Mishima survey artificial joint makers on packaging waste in this 2024 paper. Joint replacement uses many implants, each boxed and wrapped, and no one had asked the manufacturers about recycling or sustainability goals.
Sixteen companies selling joints in Japan were surveyed, and fourteen replied. Paper and two plastics dominate packaging, yet recycling symbols appear on few packs. Paper manuals are giving way to electronic ones. Recycling of unused products and old instruments lags, and fewer than half the firms work to cut paper use. Staff devoted to sustainability goals are scarce in Japan offices. The authors call the survey a baseline for greener orthopedic supply chains.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Haruo Kawamura, Tomofumi Nishino, Hajime Mishima |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |