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Medical Supply Chains: Environmental destruction, and child labour sweatshops,

Olly Coe
Olly Coe • 1 October 2026

In this session, Professor Mahmood Bhutta, Chair in ENT Surgery at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Director of the Green Healthcare Hub, explores the hidden environmental and social impacts of healthcare supply chains. Learn how single-use medical products contribute to waste, carbon emissions and plastic pollution, while also examining links to labour exploitation within global manufacturing networks.

Resource author(s)
Prof. Mahmood Bhutta
Resource publishing organisation(s) or journal
Green Healthcare Scotland CLEAN Network
Resource publication date
October 2026

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