As Hospital Systems Begin to Grapple with Medical Waste, Environmentalists Call for Tighter Regulations

This is a focus article on hospital waste in the state of North Carolina, and in particular, an expose on medical waste company Stericycle. While the article starts with an introduction of the current litigation issues involving the sub-par standards of Stericycle, the main theme of the article is on hospital waste. It highlights the criticism from the environmental standpoint and the root problem being a national and global issue - simply, there's too much waste. I like this article as it not only highlights the waste issue, but comments on the lack of clarity on "red bag waste" and how burning this waste creates significant downstream environmental impacts. There is also a nice subsection on ways to reduce medical waste with a callout to Practice Greenhealth and Duke's Remedy program.