Waste Management

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Waste Management MinimizationPreventative
Medicine for Health and Environment
John Leigh Waste Recycling Programs
Coordinator Safety and Environmental Programs
Office/Housekeeping Phone 5-7719
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Legacy ofEnvironmental Leadership
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Legacy ofEnvironmental Leadership

• Elimination of Mercury, Ethylene Oxide
• Reduction of Glutaraldehyde
• Reprocessing single-use devices from OR
• On-site treatment of infectious waste
• Reusable sharps containers
• Green Purchasing practices
• Water conservation project (28 usage reduction)
• High efficiency, low mercury lighting
• Green building expansion recent construction
  received high marks for low impact

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DHMC Discards More Than6 TONS of Material Per Day
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Recycling Has Financial Rewards
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Proper Management Of WasteProtects Coworkers
The Public

• Hazardous Waste
• Radioactive Waste
• Pathological Waste
• Trace Chemo Waste
• Sharps
• Infectious Waste
• Reusable Goods
• Recyclable Materials

gt All banned or prohibited from landfill disposal.
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Environmental Health Public Health
First, Do No Harm
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Our actions have environmental human health
consequences

• Industrial Pollutants
• Tailpipe Emissions
• Mineral Extraction Wastes
• Incineration Releases
• Landfill Leachate
• Agricultural Runoff
• Habitat Destruction
• Greenhouse Gas Production

• Respiratory Illness
• Cancer
• Reproductive Disorders
• Endocrine Disruption
• Neurological Impairment
• Cardiovascular Events
• Waterborne Disease
• Loss of Pharmacological
• Resources

ALA estimates we spend 700B each year on air
pollution related disease.
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DHMCs Statement ofEnvironmental Principles

• Conservation
• Reduction
• Reuse
• Recycling

In an effort to respect and protect the earth's
resources, and to minimize environmental damage,
DHMC will constantly seek new and innovative
ways to meet its environmental goals by
implementing programs in
Conservation
Reduction
Reuse
Recycling
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Impacts to Make, Deliver, and Dispose the Stuff
We Use
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DHMC Waste Streams By Percentage
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What Is Infectious Waste?
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How is Infectious Waste Handled?
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Autoclaving Infectious Waste
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How is Infectious Waste Segregated?
If Its Not Infectious, Please Put In The
Ordinary Trash
Only Infectious Waste Goes Into
Tan Bags or Sharps Containers
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Anything Sharp Goes in a
Biosystems? Sharps Container
Sharps Containers Must Not Overfill!
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Empty containers stored in units Clean Supply
space
Full, capped containers stored in units Soiled
Utility rooms
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What Do We Recycle At DHMC?
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How Is Recycling Handled At DHMC?
FOOD WASTE Kitchen BATTERIES Small clear bins
in each department TONER CARTRIDGES Pickup by
Distribution Dept. (Stores) CARDBOARD Flatten
and place behind recycling containers WHITE
PAPER, MIXED PAPER, BOTTLES CANS See next
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Typical Multi-personRecycling Container At DHMC
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Under Desk Recycling Container
Email Recycling for a free, delivered container
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Paper Shredding
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How is Confidential Paper Handled?
DOCUMENTS PUT IN RECYCLING CONTAINERS ARE SHREDDED
DOCUMENTS PUT IN REGULAR TRASH ARE NOT SHREDDED
CONFIDENTIAL OR NOT, PUT ALL PAPER IN A RECYCLING
CONTAINER
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A Word About Take Out Boxes
If There Is No Gross Food Contamination
These Boxes Can Be Put In A Mixed Paper Recycling
Bin
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SummaryWhy We Need Your Help

• Legacy of Environmental Leadership

• We Still Generate Way Too Much Trash,
• Are Responsible for Too Much Pollution

• Decrease Our Liability, Increase Our avings

• Safety of Fellow Workers

• Environmental Health Public Health

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• What goes around, comes around.

Please Do Your Part.
THANK YOU