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Some years ago I read an article that more and more hospitals (in Germany) are getting rid of their sterilisation facilities, because single use tools can be ordered in bulk and the facilities + personnel are costly. Profit-driven healthcare is such a nightmare for the environment.
It's not like sterilizing is free either, it uses a lot of heat energy which in most places means you're burning methane on the grid. That also releases co2 emissions.
Would be interesting to see which uses more energy. Implementing a carbon tax would surface those costs pretty quickly.
That's the thing about plastic people seem to ignore. The carbon is in the plastic, not released into the atmosphere as co2. Which is why plastic isn't that bad for global warming purposes. It's an area where generic environmentalism can be at odds with someone that is solely focused on climate change.
Assuming the trash isn't incinerated, which it probably will be in the case of biohazards. It should be taxed at extraction, because there is no way to accurately track the full life cycle of the plastic. The tax can be refunded at the time of recycling, assuming it gets recycled, which the vast majority of plastic isn't. At least currently.