Our Surgery is becoming more Green
Power Sources
Our patients may be interested to note that we are now powered by 100% renewable energy (wind and hydro power from Tasmania to be precise).
Your treatments power usage is 100% carbon neutral.
This is part of our move towards carbon neutral dentistry as we believe our dental industry could be performing a lot better in the area of reducing emissions and waste.
We have invested in GreenPower to ensure that we are reducing the affects that coal mining and burning has on our planet.
BioDegradable Products
We do need to maintain an extremely high level of hygiene, which does require a lot of single use materials.
Where possible we are using biodegradable products such as plastic bags, cling film wraps, hygiene covers, tool covers etc. to ensure that we are reducing the amount of waste produced by the dental industry.
Plastic barriers have become widely used in dental practice and the health industry to assist with infection control. They are an effective way of protecting equipment and surfaces to prevent cross infection, minimising the use of surface detergents and disinfectants. A vast amount of today’s plastic waste ends its life cycle in a modern sanitary landfill, where it stays for decades to come, leaving our future with an increasing mountain of plastic waste. We use plastic barriers made from a responsible and sustainable product, which is disposable and helps protect our environment. The plastic used is oxo-biodegradable, which when placed in landfill, breaksdown within 1 – 2 yrs , as opposed to 100 – 1000′s of years. This is due to EPI approved TDPA’s (totally degradable plastic additives) in the plastic.
If you have any suggestion for how our business could be performing more sustainably, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Mercury Removal and Filtering
In order to ensure that our treatments do not contaminate the environment, we have installed new mercury filters into our suction systems. This removes 99% of the the amalgam/mercury filling materials before other waste fluids exit into the drain system.
Amalgam removal needs to be done carefully to minimise risk of patients swallowing the debris, and should be disposed of safely (it is toxic waste by law). Proper isolation and high power suction are critical. Rubber dam should be used to protect you while large fillings are being removed and to help improve the quality of the bond of the new filling material.
We seriously care about the environment, so we’ve made sure our disposal methods are safe.
