The Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Urology

Virtual Issues
10 March 2025
6 June 2025

Healthcare, especially surgery, comes with a sizable environmental impact. In this virtual issue from BJUI and BJUI Compass the environmental impact of urology and what can be done to improve the carbon footprint of our specialty.

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Editorial

Free Access

Sustainability in urology – are we doing enough?

Nathan Lawrentschuk, 

Articles

Open Access

Perspectives on technology: All STEPS count – an integrated framework for net zero urological care

Jamie Hyde,  Eleanor King,  Joseph John,  Kieran O'Flynn,  Ian Pearce,  John McGrath,  William K. Gray,  Manraj Phull, 
Open Access

Enhancing urology theatre waste management: impact of a ‘Green Moment’ in daily surgical practice

Fintan R. Ryan,  Dearbhla Treacy,  Diarmuid D. Sugrue,  Rustom P. Manecksha,  Robert J. Flynn,  Arun Z. Thomas,  Lisa G. Smyth,  Eoin MacCraith,  Rowan G. Casey,  Clíodhna Browne, 
Free to Read

Improving environmental sustainability in urology as a resident

Bushra Abdelqader,  Archie McGrath,  Pinky Kotecha,  John S McGrath,  Joseph John, 
Free to Read

Perspectives on technology: Single-use catheters – evidence and environmental impact

Calvin C. Zhao,  Craig V. Comiter,  Christopher S. Elliott, 
Open Access

How to clean a catheter: Development of an intervention for intermittent catheter reuse

Sandra Wilks,  Margaret Macaulay,  Jacqui Prieto,  Miriam Avery,  Catherine Bryant,  Debbie Delgado,  Cathy Murphy,  Nicola Morris,  Mandy Fader, 
Open Access

A sustainable and expedited ‘One-Stop’ prostate cancer diagnostic pathway to reduce environmental impact and enhance accessibility

Lorenzo Storino Ramacciotti,  Masatomo Kaneko,  Severin Rodler,  Muneeb Mohideen,  Jie Cai,  Gangning Liang,  Manju Aron,  Michelle Hopstone,  Mariana C. Stern,  Giovanni E. Cacciamani,  Inderbir Gill,  Andre Luis Abreu, 
Open Access

The carbon footprint of the perioperative transurethral resection of bladder tumour pathway

Joseph B. John,  Michael Collins,  Sophie Eames,  Kieran O’Flynn,  Tim W.R. Briggs,  William K. Gray,  John S. McGrath, 
Open Access

Perspectives on technology: to use or to reuse, that is the endoscopic question—a systematic review of single-use endoscopes

Steven Anderson,  Kenneth Patterson,  Andreas Skolarikos,  Bhaskar Somani,  Damien M. Bolton,  Niall F. Davis, 
Free Access

There is more to disposable endoscopes than whether they work…

David Armany,  Henry Woo, 
Open Access

Single use flexible ureteroscopes: Current status and future directions

Patrick Juliebø-Jones,  Eugenio Ventimiglia,  Bhaskar K. Somani,  Mathias Sørstrand Æsøy,  Peder Gjengstø,  Christian Beisland,  Øyvind Ulvik,