The United States generates hundreds of thousands of tons of medical waste monthly. This includes sharp objects, such as syringes, scalpels, and catheters as well as bodily fluids, disease cultures, and "human tissue waste."
When I was a kid, we had sand as cushioning at our playground. Now that our beaches have eroded, we've turned to mulch or rubber. In our current carbon-obsessed world, these organic and fuel-based paddings will no longer suffice.
Let's kill two birds with one stone: prevent our medical waste from ending up somewhere it could be dangerous, like Coney Island, while protecting our children and preventing them from generating yet more garbage at a hospital if/when they fall.
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