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'What on earth are we doing to this planet?' Eco-friendly dentistry

To mark Earth Day this Thursday (22 April), Rachael Norton, head dental nurse at Bow Lane Dental in the City of London, she shares how to implement environmentally friendly ways in your practice

It was November 2018 when it really hit home with news of a sperm whale found washed up on an Indonesian coast with 115 plastic cups in its stomach – the kind we use in the dental surgery.

I was in shock and disbelief that humans caused such a thing to occur. What on earth are we doing to this planet?

I could not just sit back and wait for someone else do something. It was time for me to act. I have always been environmentally aware outside of work, making sure I recycle and reuse as much as possible. Inside of work, there did not seem to be an awful lot in place to protect our environment. A meeting was called, and I was appointed the practice's eco-friendly lead.

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