Tools and resources

Integrating sustainability requirements into health care food service contracting

• Food
• Food Service

(Health Care Without Harm) There are many opportunities for hospitals to improve patient safety, worker safety, and the overall health of communities and the environment via their food service operations. By implementing environmentally preferable purchasing and other operational and maintenance strategies in food service, hospitals can help to reduce patient, worker and community exposure to…

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Choosing environmentally preferable food service ware: Reusable, sustainable, and bio-based products

• EPP
• Food
• Sustainable procurement
• Sustainable food service operations
• Waste
• Guide

(Health Care Without Harm) To assist health care purchasers in choosing environmentally preferable food service ware, Health Care Without Harm has created this guide for food service ware materials, including a survey for manufacturers.

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Partners for Clean Air: Publications and reports

• Transportation
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Tool

A list of idling, air pollution, and fleet vehicle resources provided by Partners for Clean Air.

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Idle-reduction toolkit

• Transportation
• Suppliers and Deliveries

(U.S. Department of Energy) IdleBox is an electronic education and outreach toolkit on vehicle idling reduction from the Clean Cities Coalition Network. The low-hanging fruit of fuel economy, idling reduction is a simple way to use less fuel and to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases.

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Supply chain options to reduce the impacts from freight

• Transportation
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Tool

The SmartWay Transport Partnership is a voluntary collaboration between EPA and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution. SmartWay Transport Partners lead the way towards a cleaner, more efficient transportation future by adopting fuel-saving strategies that increase profits and reduce emissions. The program…

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National lead-free wheel weight initiative

• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles

Wheel weights are clipped to the rims of every automobile wheel in the United States in order to balance the tires. These weights often come loose and fall off. They are either washed into storm sewers and end up in waterways or are gathered during street cleaning and placed in municipal landfills. The weights are susceptible to atmospheric corrosion. Currently, there are no regulatory controls…

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Purchasing fuel-efficient vehicles, Department of Energy

• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles

(Department of Energy) Choosing a more efficient vehicle?  Thinking about buying a new vehicle?  Fueleconomy.gov has gas mileage estimates and other information for cars from the current model year back to 1984. Selecting which vehicle to purchase is the most important fuel economy decision you'll make. The difference between a car that gets 20 MPG and one that gets 30 MPG amounts to $612 per…

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Farmers markets, mobile markets and community-supported agriculture

• Food
• Community Benefit and Wellness

(Health Care Without Harm) Farmers markets, mobile markets, and community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs promote access to healthy foods and can strengthen sustainable food systems by supporting local producers while improving the affordability of fresh, local produce for low-income communities. 

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Health Care Without Harm Climate and Health program

• Climate and Health
• Health Care Without Harm

The Health Care Without Harm Climate and Health program supports the health care sector in reducing its carbon footprint, building climate-smart and resilient hospitals and communities, and mobilizing health care's ethical, economic, and political influence to advance the transition to a low-carbon future that supports healthy people living on a healthy planet.

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Health Care Without Harm Mercury resources

• Chemicals
• Mercury

These resources from Health Care Without Harm will help eliminate mercury from your facility. 

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