Raising the Bar: The Secret Waste of Healthcare

This eye-opening talk on the secret waste of healthcare is part of the University of Auckland's Raising the Bar series.

Associate Professor Dr Saeid Baroutian is a Chemical Engineer and leads the University’s Waste and Resource Recovery Research Group. Dr Rob Burrell is an Anaesthetist and chair of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Sustainability Group.

Anaesthetic gases are just one aspect of pharmaceutical waste currently entering our ecosystems, insufficiently treated and unmonitored. This unseen waste stream contains highly toxic chemicals that must be properly treated before disposal. In this talk they will present new technology being developed to literally bust waste with hot water and revolutionise how we dispose of pharmaceutical waste.

This event is free but registrations via the Raising the Bar website are essential.