CommissioningGreen Light Projects—Waste
- Establish a waste minimization committee.
- Switch to reusable sharps containers.
- Maintain organization-wide mercury-free policies.
- Paper Reduction and Sustainable Printing
- Establish baseline for current waste generation and program for ongoing waste metrics reporting.
- Fluorescent Lighting
- Conduct a waste assessment.
- Maximize waste equipment utilization and hauling efficiencies.
- Recycle electronic waste.
- Improve waste-handling, container utilization and management process.
- Audit all hazardous waste-related activities for compliance and beyond
- Develop a comprehensive pharmaceutical waste management program.
- Reduce regulated medical waste (RMW) generation.
- Develop and/or enhance the facility’s recycling program.
- Reprocess approved single-use devices.
- Implement a facility-wide battery recycling program.
- Maximize construction and demolition recycling pertinent to daily operations
- Develop an organizational environmental principles statement.