Sustainability in Veterinary Medicine
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While the veterinary industry brings many positive benefits to society by helping keep our pets healthy and happy, it also brings environmental impacts that we have a responsibility to improve. For example, single-use medical supplies and packaging can create significant waste in pet hospitals and greenhouse gas emissions from hospital electricity, anesthesia, and transportation contribute to climate change. This session explores the veterinary industry's environmental impacts and ways to reduce the carbon footprint and waste footprint of veterinary care. It shares examples of impacts and solutions from Mars Veterinary Health's businesses and includes an interactive discussion on ideas to collaborate and create a more sustainable veterinary industry.