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Facilities can use a best practices approach The Green Guide for Health Care™ provides a "best practices" guide for facilities interested in reducing incineration of medical waste as well as the volume of medical waste generated. There is a growing movement toward healthier, more environmentally friendly management of health care facilities. The Green Guide supports those efforts.
Join Practice Greenhealth Key resources for keeping incineration to the bare minimum:
"Some hospitals have taken steps to reduce their use of potentially toxic materials and to decrease the total volume of incinerator waste. A waste reduction program at the Fletcher-Allen Health Care System in Vermont reduced the volume of regulated medical waste at one campus by 75% in a few months. Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City saves $600,000 per year through improved waste management systems. There is thus potential for medical facilities to decrease the need for incineration while also saving costs." Source: Sustainable Hospitals
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