CM13A9 - Going Beyond The Expected: Recycling Success With Harvard And Yale Affiliated Facilities

This exciting session features sustainability champions from two hospitals affiliated with famously competitive educational institutions. Today, they collaborate to share successes relative to managing their waste streams. Yale New Haven Hospital will share their successes in waste segregation and single stream recycling. By partnering with local vendors and empowering hospital staff, Yale-New Haven Hospital was able to build a streamlined waste program that effectively enhances sustainability throughout the greater community. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute successfully changed their approach and implemented single-stream recycling. They created a completely in-house program for confidential document management and destruction. The Institute has not only significantly increased the tonnage of recycled material, but it has also reduced its total solid waste. In addition, they earn small revenue through the selling of shredded paper fiber. Participants will learn the importance of environmental stewardship and their role in effectively and sustainably managing waste cradle to grave, beyond just reducing trash generated.

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Cristina DeVito - Sustainability Coordinator - Yale-New Haven Hospital - Administration

Mr. Enrico Vona - Vice President - Stericycle - Regulations & Education

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CM13A9 - Going Beyond The Expected: Recycling Success With Harvard And Yale Affiliated Facilities
This exciting session features sustainability champions from two hospitals affiliated with famously competitive educational institutions. Today, they collaborate to share successes relative to managing their waste streams. Yale-New Haven Hospital will share their successes in waste segregation and single stream recycling. By partnering with local vendors and empowering hospital staff, Yale-New Haven Hospital was able to build a streamlined waste program that effectively enhances sustainability throughout the greater community. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute successfully changed their approach and implemented single-stream recycling. They created a completely in-house program for confidential document management and destruction. The Institute has not only significantly increased the tonnage of recycled material, but it has also reduced its total solid waste. In addition, they earn small revenue through the selling of shredded paper fiber. Participants will learn the importance of environmental stewardship and their role in effectively and sustainably managing waste cradle to grave, beyond just reducing trash generated. SPEAKER: Cristina DeVito, Sustainability Coordinator, Yale-New Haven Hospital | Michael Wachala, Environmental Compliance Coordinator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Enrico Vona, Vice President, Sales, Stericycle You must register to access.