No December would be complete without a best-of Talkin’ Trash’s unique take on sustainable healthcare. Though we cannot claim anything as fantastic as Greta Thunberg’s famous takedown, we have a few highlights to look back on before we look forward to what’s next. Without further ado, here are our not-so-dirty dozen.

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Rethinking Excess Medical Supplies – Operation Green
12. Who knew a program to reduce waste and reuse medical supplies could also help war-torn Ukraine?

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Reimagining ‘weeds’ as medicines and foods: a workshop at Michener Gitigan (garden) shares deep insights into how Two-Eyed Seeing can help us achieve A Healthier World.
11. The Michener Gitigan (Indigenous Healing Garden) bloomed with plant life, community and new learnings.

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UHN breaks ground on world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer system
10. We lovingly refer to this as our ‘Hot Sh*t” project.

9

TGH EBCx Case study
9. It’s easy to make a new building green, but what about our old ones? Here’s where EBCx comes in.

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Water, water, every where…
8. Who knew how much water we’d save while trying to green up our buildings? Hint, a lot!

7

Planting the Indigenous Healing Garden
7. The second season for the Gitigan was a real joint effort.

6

The Recycling Relay Race
6. Recycling takes a lot of steps to work properly, kind of like a marathon relay race. Here’s how you can do your part, and some solid mythbusting.

5

Best Waste Reduction Week Inter-Hospital Challenge! (so, who won?)
5. Our biggest waste reduction week ever! From 3-Rs to 5, this group gets it!

4

Plastic, Plastic – not so Fantastic (and what’s on Canada’s chopping block)
4. What’s better than getting mad at litter? Preventing the waste from happening in the first place! Thanks, Canada!

3

Put On Your Thinking Wrap!
3. Pretty ingenious ways to reuse blue sterilization wrap.

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I like to move it, move it (brr)
2. Winter biking tips and unveiling the name you voted on for our new and massive bike parking room.

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Mike at Home: Heat Pump at -20C
1. Our top story packs a massive climate-fixing punch in the battle to get our homes off fossil fuels. Heat pumps work, even in cold climates like here in Toronto. If you’re looking for inspo, this makes a great new year’s resolution.

Thank you so much, dear Talkin’ Trash readers. And may 2023 be filled with as much green joy and justice as Greta is right now :).