Tools and resources

How-to guide: Recycling step-by-step

• Waste
• Solid waste
• Recycling
• Guide

This step-by-step guide will help a health care facility achieve a 15 percent recycling rate compared to total waste. 

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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital: Climate and health resilience

• Climate and Health
• Case Study
• Resilience

The 132-patient room, 378,000 square foot Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital was built to replace an aging facility originally designed as a nursing home and that could no longer meet the demands of the community in its existing space. Offered as a development site by the City of Boston, the hospital has become an exemplar of resilience strategy and planning. It's design integrates essential…

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Sustainable procurement directory: Non-medical products

• Sustainable procurement
• Non-medical products
• Directory

The sustainable procurement directory provides Practice Greenhealth members with guidance on more than 120 products and services health care organizations can target for sustainable procurement. The directory identifies key environmental considerations for each product or service, where to obtain more information, and the rationale for purchasing sustainably. This resource supports anyone who…

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Sustainable procurement directory: Services

• Sustainable procurement
• Services
• Directory

The sustainable procurement directory provides Practice Greenhealth members with guidance on over 120 products and services health care organizations can target for sustainable procurement. The directory identifies key environmental considerations for each product or service, where to obtain more information, and the rationale for purchasing sustainably. This resource supports anyone who…

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Sustainable procurement directory: Medical products

• Sustainable procurement
• Medical products
• Safer medical products and devices
• Directory

The sustainable procurement directory provides Practice Greenhealth members with guidance on more than 120 products and services health care organizations can target for sustainable procurement. The directory identifies key environmental considerations for each product or service, where to obtain more information, and the rationale for purchasing sustainably. This resource supports anyone who…

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Transportation toolkit

• Transportation
• Toolkit

Practice Greenhealth is pleased to offer members a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce their transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. The goals aim to reduce employee single occupancy vehicle rates and miles, transition fleet vehicles to alternative fuels, implement idle reduction policies and practices, and work with supply chain partners to do the same. The toolkit…

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Less waste toolkit

• Less Waste
• Toolkit
• Regulated medical waste
• Hazardous and universal waste
• Construction and demolition debris
• Solid waste
• food waste
• Pharmaceutical Waste
• Reuse, donate, or sell
• Composting
• Recycling

This less waste resource provides key guidance to help with your sustainability goals and daily challenges.  Understand why it’s important to commit to reducing waste. Access step by step guidance on how to conduct a material and waste baseline. Learn from case studies of success from Partners HealthCare, Vidant Health, Inova, and other systems. Download the How to Guide, presentation with…

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Practice Greenhealth member engagement liaison

• Awards
• Member liaison
• Awards liaison
• Member engagement

Have a question and not sure who to ask? Your member liaison is here to help. Find your system or organization below to determine your regular contact.

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Frequently asked awards questions 2019

• Awards
• Frequently asked questions
• FAQ

This resource offers step-by-step instructions addressing frequently asked questions about starting and completing an award application. This FAQ has been updated for 2019 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards.

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2020 Making Medicine Mercury Free application (PDF)

• Awards
• Blank awards application
• Mercury
• Making Medicine Mercury Free

Blank copy of 2020 Making Medicine Mercury Free application.  Please note: These documents will not be accepted as the application. The PDFs are only meant to assist in the beginning of the process. All applications must be submitted through the award system at awards.practicegreenhealth.org.

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