In the last decade or so, there has been a steadily growing trend in U.K. hospitals of banning bedside flowers. Citing the inconvenience of caring for the blooms, the potential hazard of water ...

An NHS hospital has banned flowers because they pose a health risk to patients. Staff have been told to refuse any plants and bouquets delivered to the hospital and will instead ask relatives to take ...

A North Carolina hospital's oncology department has received a bouquet of flowers from an anonymous sender for the past 12 years (Credit: Getty) Employees at a North Carolina hospital want to keep a ...

PATIENTS at a Hampshire hospital have been banned from receiving flowers. From tomorrow bunches and bouquets arriving at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester will be returned to the ...

Leftovers are converted it to a nutrient-rich product beneficial to the environment Food pulpers are becoming more common at restaurants, hospitals and schools More than 34 million tons of food waste ...

Grapes are still deemed appropriate and boxes of chocolates welcomed, but a hospital has banned gifts of flowers because of fears that they pose a health risk. Visitors arriving at Dorset county ...