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Blueprints for Pangaea Medical Waste Diversion

Blueprints for Pangaea Medical Waste Diversion

Program: Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund
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Blueprints For Pangaea, a 501(c)(3) medical surplus recovery organization, works with health systems by taking their costly overflow of supplies destined for landfills and reallocating them to countries with poor healthcare infrastructure.  The student chapter at the University of Michigan has partnered with Michigan Medicine and neighboring state university institutions to divert medical surplus supplies. Using funds from PBSIF, they are able to more effectively identify hospitals in need of medical supplies and coordinate their efforts accordingly while bridging the gaps between humanity and sustainability.