{"id":11197,"date":"2021-11-01T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/?post_type=ec-news&#038;p=11197"},"modified":"2021-11-01T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:28:11","slug":"world-gastroenterology-organisation-reports-on-gastroenterology-climate-change-and-nonrecyclable-waste","status":"publish","type":"ec-news","link":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/world-gastroenterology-organisation-reports-on-gastroenterology-climate-change-and-nonrecyclable-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"World Gastroenterology Organisation Reports on Gastroenterology, Climate Change, and Nonrecyclable Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report from the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) reviews the potential health impact of climate change on GI disease, but it also calls on gastroenterology practices, endoscopy centers, hospitals, publishers, and individuals to make changes to reduce carbon emissions and nonrecyclable plastic waste. The article states that gastroenterology is second only to radiology for the amount of nonrecyclable plastic waste generated per procedure. The report includes examples of how the gastroenterology field can cut back on waste, such as converting plastic covers on journals to paper covers, which would save about 0.7 metric tons of plastic waste per journal annually.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article calls for member societies of the WGO to&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>support advocacy;<\/li><li>educate and provide information to members to incorporate climate change efforts into daily work practice and environment;<\/li><li>work together to hold hybrid and virtual meetings to reduce carbon output; and&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>collaborate with endoscopy and supply companies to reduce nonrecyclable waste.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report from the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) reviews the potential health impact of climate change on GI disease, but it also calls on gastroenterology practices, endoscopy centers, hospitals, publishers, and individuals to make changes to reduce carbon emissions and nonrecyclable plastic waste. The article states that gastroenterology is second only to radiology for the &#8230; <a title=\"World Gastroenterology Organisation Reports on Gastroenterology, Climate Change, and Nonrecyclable Waste\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/world-gastroenterology-organisation-reports-on-gastroenterology-climate-change-and-nonrecyclable-waste\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Gastroenterology Organisation Reports on Gastroenterology, Climate Change, and Nonrecyclable Waste\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[3039,2058,3040,3038,3037],"class_list":["post-11197","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-climate-change","tag-colon-2","tag-microplastics","tag-wgo","tag-world-gastroenterology-organisation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/11197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}