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Diana Bradley, Staff Writer | September 26, 2012
From the September 2012 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
“We have reduced our waste by 42 percent,” says Abelkis. “One day, we will be a zero waste organization. Everything will either be recycled, composted, reused or reduced altogether.”
Of course, this is just a sampling of the endless array of green choices and decisions at hand. But hospital decision makers shouldn’t get stressed out, advises McCauley.
“There is a huge menu of things hospitals could do, from solar-powered transportation to energy efficient machines and lighting to sustainable food to getting rid of plasticizers to reusing things instead of disposing everything,” she says. “By advertising that you are doing just a few of these things you can make a huge social impact.”
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