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Through
a recycling program for blue sterile wrap run by Kimberly
Clark, South Bay Medical Center in Redondo
Beach, CA has diverted 5200 lbs. of waste from the landfill.
Kimberly Clark provides South Bay with special trash
containers which they fill with blue wrap. Kimberly
Clark then picks up the receptacles and recycles the wrap
into blue pellets. These pellets can be made into blue
handicapped parking stops or a lining for electricity and
telephone poles that repels lightning.
In addition, approximately 40% of South Bay's overall
purchases are recycled-content products including sharps containers,
sterile wrap, patient tray covers, and pulse oximeter probes.
Contact: Christine Vandoren (310) 318-4685. www.ciwmb.ca.gov/publications/buyrecycled/42296013.doc
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In
1995, the Staten Island University Hospital, NY,
NY, embarked on a large-scale waste prevention program.
By 1998, they had reduced their yearly waste management costs
by $500,000. Some of the activities they undertook to
achieve this reduction included:
- Minimizing
red bag locations - 92,418 lbs. per year avoided.
- Controlling
plastic bag usage - 184,000 lbs. per year avoided.
- Collecting sharps
in reusable containers - 30,859 lbs. per year avoided.
- Eliminating
single-use RMW containers - 375,000 lbs. per year avoided.
- Using refillable
chemical dispensers - 231,045 lbs. per year avoided.
- Using refillable
lotion containers - 6,583 lbs. per year avoided.
- Using returnable
totes - 40,200 lbs. per year avoided.
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