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Guidelines and recommendations on inhalers
British Thoracic Society position statement on the Environment and Lung Health:
https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/standards-of-care/quality-improvement/environment-and-lung-health/
The UK Environmental Audit Committee’s (dubious) recommendations on Metered Dose inhaler (24-27):
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmenvaud/469/46905.htm#_idTextAnchor015
NHS long term plan
Medical technical options committee of the United Nations 2018
DPI for maintenance treatment and MDI for severe exacerbations? Opinion piece in Lancet Respiratory Medicine
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2213260019300463
Recycling and disposal
https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/inhalers-0
Other useful links
Contact your CCG:
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/Clinical-Commissioning-Group/LocationSearch/1
BMJ opinion piece on carbon footprint of inhalers
Inhaled drugs and global warming: time to shift to dry powder inhalers
Life cycle analysis of a small volume salbutamol inhaler
A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment between a Metered Dose Inhaler and Electric Nebulizer
Manchester-GSK project on carbon footprint of inhalers
10_Environmental_Impact_of_Inhalers
Carbon footprint of Respimat compared to MDI
https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/52/suppl_62/PA1021
BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines
Patient survey on attitudes towards inhaler change
Green Inhaler 