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Waste Category RFP Questions - Part 6

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Waste Education Legacy Good Samaritan

• Waste
• Exemplary Document
• Legacy Health
• Education
• Presentation
• Waste

Health care is a huge generator of waste materials. While some wastes are difficult to avoid, many waste types can be reduced, and others can be recovered and recycled. This employee education presentation focuses on the best ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and properly dispose of waste in Legacy Health facilities.

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Waste Education University of Vermont Medical Center

• Waste
• Exemplary Document
• UVM Medical Center
• Presentation
• Education
• Recycling

Open this resource to view an employee education presentation from the University of Vermont Medical Center on recycling.

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Waste Hauling RFP Questions - Part 3

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Waste Posters Flyers Boston Medical Center

• Waste
• Exemplary Document
• Boston Medical Center
• Poster
• Stericycle

View this resource to see an example of a recycling poster from Boston Medical Center and Stericycle.

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Waste Posters Flyers Overlook Hospital

• Waste
• Regulated medical waste
• Exemplary Document
• Overlook Hospital
• Poster

Open this resource to see an example of a poster on regulated medical waste disposal from Overlook Medical Center.

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Waste Posters Flyers Seattle Children's

• Waste
• Recycling
• Exemplary Document
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Poster

Open this resource to see an example of a poster on recycling in the ICU from Seattle Children's Hospital.

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Waste Tracking RFP Questions - Part 1

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2009 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2009
• Report

Practice Greenhealth’s Awards program has celebrated sustainability success since 2002. The Awards recognize the different players in the greening community (hospitals,  clinics, manufacturers, GPOs, A&E firms, etc.).  One of the Awards for which hospitals may apply, the Partner for Change Award, requires  waste data reporting as well as other criteria. This report summarizes this waste data…

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2013 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2013
• Report

Practice Greenhealth is proud to present its fifth annual Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of its 2013 Award-winning facilities. The report presents a summary of useful benchmarking information for hospitals’ environmental programs from data collected in 2012, such as average waste profiles, environmentally preferable purchasing data, and energy and water consumption…

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