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    Estudio sobre el estado del arte de la aplicación del modelo de economía circular en el sector salud
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2020) Edo García, Víctor Salvador; Sanabria Jaimes, Julián Armando; Henao Arango, María Cecilia
    The circular economy is a model that is based on the principles of sustainability and green growth, tending to maximize the value of materials and derivatives of the production process, that is, in the use of materials and the generation of waste for their use (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2020a). It is important to emphasize that the current production system (linear) is no longer feasible for the government, the company, the community in general and especially for the environment, therefore, the concept of circularity should be promoted for the benefit of all. According to data from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, by 2050 about 66% of the world's population will live in cities, however, the migration from linear to circular processes is expected to be gradual, which per se entails the effects on waste generation. Research data show that cities consume 75% of natural resources and produce more than 50% of global waste and emit almost 80% of greenhouse gases (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2020b) Therefore, the circular economy in cities and in the health sector, focus on several challenges in which are the construction of buildings, mobility and consumption of products and waste utilization, the concept of hospitals and smart health centers leverage the implementation of circular models in the health sector. It is worth noting that the health sector chain consumes a great variety of plastic products, paper, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metals, and wood, in addition to the need to consume energy, gas, and water for its operation, which generates large volumes of solid waste that cannot be used due to lack of knowledge or regulations on the management and handling of hazardous and contaminating waste for the human being and its ecosystem. In relation to the above, this research work tends to study the application of the concept of circular economy in the health sector and its contribution to the use of hospital waste and the implementation of strategies to generate sustainability and contribution to global warming, through the inclusion of circular processes with the generation of operational efficiencies. (Caicedo, 2017)