"Bill of Health"-Hospitals Go Green
Saturday, May 10, 2008-- With more companies adopting environmentally-friendly business practices, hospitals are trying to be greener in how they deliver quality healthcare. As Jeff Yastine reports in tonight's "Bill of Health," hospital administrators are finding that being eco-friendly can also be friendly to the bottom line. -- (full text)
[Nightly Business Report - Miami, FL]

Sharps collection program to start
Wednesday, May 07, 2008-- The Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency, in coordination with the Tehama County Health Services Agency Public Health Division, the Public Health Advisory Board, and the Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board, announce the new Medical Waste Sharps Collection Program using California Integrated Waste Management Board Household Hazardous Waste Grant funds. -- (full text)
[Red Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff, CA]

Hospital destroying wastes by using ozone
Thursday, April 24, 2008-- Instead of destroying the ozone layer to dispose of its medical wastes, Terre Hautes Union Hospital is destroying its medical wastes by using ozone. In fact, its the first place in the world to do so, says Ozonater Industries of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, which makes the Ozonater bio-hazardous waste disposal machine. -- (full text)
[Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute, IN]

Plug-In to Earth Week by eCycling
Thursday, April 24, 2008-- Join your friends and neighbors during Earth Week by recycling your unwanted electronics at collection events across the U.S. EPA encourages consumers to use EPAs Plug-In To eCycling partner programs to recycle cell phones, TVs, computers, and other electronics. Recycling an old computer or cell phone can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save energy, and conserve natural resources. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]

'Green' coordinators a growing trend at US companies
Thursday, April 24, 2008-- Children's Hospital added the position of sustainability manager late last year, after the hospital relocated to Aurora. Employees had long asked the hospital's management if the new campus could implement a recycling program and other eco-friendly measures, said John Hudgens, who started as sustainability manager in November. -- (full text)
[Rocky Mountain News - Denver, CO]

Saving lives, saving Earth, saving money
Thursday, April 24, 2008-- As a 24/7 operation, U.S. hospitals are among the biggest waste generators  7,000 tons per day or 2 million tons a year  and consumers  accounting for an estimated 10 percent of the total U.S. energy consumption, according to Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, which promotes environmental sustainability in health care. -- (full text)
[phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia, PA]

EPA Increases Transparency of Regulatory Development
Tuesday, April 15, 2008-- Starting today, EPA is using Action Initiation Lists (AILs) to notify the public about new rules and other regulatory actions. AILs will be posted on the EPA Web site at roughly the end of each month; each will describe those actions that were approved for commencement during the given month. Formerly, the public had to wait for EPA's Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which is updated only every six months, to learn about new regulatory actions. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]

Public Awareness of Energy Star Surges, Helps to Fight Climate Change
Monday, April 14, 2008-- Public awareness of the Energy Star label has grown to more than 70 percent in 2008, an increase of about 20 percentage points over the last five years, according to a report released today. In many major markets where local utilities and other organizations use Energy Star to promote energy efficiency to their customers, public awareness of Energy Star is even higher, averaging nearly 80 percent. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]

Hospital kicks off recycling campaign with county
Friday, April 11, 2008-- Since Pikeville Medical Center implemented a recycling program for plastic bottles and aluminum cans in November 2007, the hospital has eliminated an equivalent of a 30-yard dumpster from Pike Countys landfill. But the hospital isnt stopping there. -- (full text)
[Medical Leader - Pikeville, KY]

A sticky problem --- Home Medical Waste
Thursday, April 10, 2008-- Iowa law does not address home medical waste. Though it's discouraged, Iowans can dispose of hypodermic needles in the trash. -- (full text)
[Gazette Online - Solon, IA]

EPA Launches Environmental Indicators Gateway
Wednesday, April 09, 2008-- EPA today launched the Environmental Indicators Gateway Web site to provide enhanced public access to environmental and health information generated by EPA. Information is presented in the context of "environmental indicators," numerical values that provide insights into the status and trends of environmental and public health conditions over time. The Gateway establishes a single catalog of EPA's indicator work that allows browsing and searching among existing EPA Web sites and indicator materials. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]

Pikeville Partnership Leads To Improved Recycling
Tuesday, April 01, 2008-- On Tuesday April 8th, Pikeville Medical Center and the City of Pikeville will start a partnership that will allow the two to reduce the amount of waste they send to the landfill. -- (full text)
[WYMT - Hazard, KY]