It is estimated that anaesthetic gases account for around 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year across NHS and private hospitals across the UK (covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). These highly volatile gases make up 2% of the National Health Service’s (NHS) total carbon footprint and 15-20% of a theatre’s carbon footprint for each operation in England alone.

SageTech Medical’s circular economy solution safely captures available volatile anaesthetic agents in a reusable capture canister (SID-Can) is recovered, processed and recycled back into a usable drug form to minimise the environmental impact.

The goal of this pilot project is to optimise the digitalisation of transport with e-CMR and to define standards that everyone can use. One year later, we have already some great insights and asked Andreea Calin from AB InBev to share her findings on e-CMR and our pilot project.

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