Boca Raton Community Hospital has announced they are focusing on decreasing their carbon footprint and greening their facility by implementing Stericycle’s (NASDAQ: SRCL) Integrated Waste Stream Solutions service.
The Hospital’s green initiatives, implemented in May, range from keeping plastic and cardboard out of landfills to increasing its percentage of recycled material. As a result, the Hospital has been able to shut down its onsite incinerator, which was used for treating all of its waste.
The integrated service provided by Stericycle focuses on environmental best practices, training to comply with complex federal and local regulations and standards, and lowering expenses by managing multiple waste streams with one provider.
The Stericycle service at Boca Raton Community Hospital emphasizes proper waste segregation by educating employees on the handling of multiple waste streams such as Regulated Medical Waste and recycling. This training increases the hospital’s overall recycling commitment through a single stream recycling program that includes aluminum, plastic, glass, and paper.
Boca Raton Community Hospital is switching from disposable sharps containers to Stericycle’s Sharps Management Service using Bio Systems reusable containers. Utilizing this proactive service, one Bio Systems reusable container prevents 600 disposable sharps containers from going into a landfill. Sharps containers are a place for items such as used needles, syringes and scalpels.
By using the Sharps Management System, the 400-bed Boca Raton Community Hospital will eliminate approximately 44,000 pounds of plastic and 3,400 pounds of cardboard, diverting an estimated 26,000 pounds of CO² annually. This annual carbon diversion is equivalent to not using 1,357 gallons of gasoline4.
