Hospital leaders have gradually become more aware of how important sustainability is in their communities, and becoming a greener hospital has now become embedded in many hospitals' financial strategies.   For example, according to a Johnson &

Becker’s Healthcare reports at the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference June 13, Timothy Merchant, vice president of sales for MEDISISS, part of Medline Industries, discussed the national savings opportunity related to

Health care facilities and systems continue to focus on ways to improve energy efficiency, reduce waste streams and boost recycling efforts as part of their daily business operations, according to two separate and recent reports.

Trustee, a magazine written specifically for directors of hospitals and health care systems reports that one place hospitals are finding answers to some of their most difficult questions is in sustainability. Progressive organizations have discovered

Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment that are typically tossed out after a single use could save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars annually and curb trash at medical centers, the second-largest

A single knee arthroplasty produces more waste than a family of 4 generates in an entire week, according to a study in the Canadian Journal of Surgery.  Researchers from Western University in London, Ontario, audited 5