NHS Trusts report that their hospitals and healthcare facilities produce 133,000 tonnes of medical waste per year at a cost of £33.3 million. Over in the States, approximately 25% of their medical waste comes from plastic, according to National Geographic. Single-use plastics is an ongoing problem in medical care, as healthcare facilities struggle to get the balance right between sustainability and offering optimal care for patients without risk of contamination. There are initiatives such as Practice Greenhealth that strive to educate medical decisionmakers on the changes they can make to reduce or even eliminate the use of plastic in medicine by relying on alternatives.