Özet:

The reason for existence of health institutions is to protect and improve the health of the society.While providing these services, some undesirable negative effects on the environment. These include radiation, climate change and environmental pollution as a result of greenhouse gases produced by burning medical waste, etc. can be given as an example. “the result of greenhouse gases are climate change and environmental pollution from medical waste disposal and radiation cause some of these” Today, as a result of the widespread use of disposable materials in health institutions, the amount of waste increases significantly. The wastes produced in health institutions have an environmental and economic value. Nurses, who constitute a large proportion of healthcare professionals worldwide and use medical supplies the most, can contribute to transforming this waste into economic value by becoming aware of the recyclable wastes generated during healthcare and separating them at their source. In addition, they can be role models for other professions by adopting and executing environmentally sensitive nursing practices. In this review, the benefits of recycling in health institutions, recyclable medical materials, examples of successful applications, obstacles and solution suggestions in recycling applications, nurses' responsibilities in recycling applications are examined.

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