Ecologic is in charge of collecting and recycling end-of-life Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), including computer and office equipment, kitchen and commercial refrigeration equipment, vending machines and professional tools.
All copper
The Clinique Arago (75) is one of the first healthcare facilities in the world to be fully equipped with antibacterial copper.
Eco-organizations: the musketeers of recycling
Eco-organizations are all the rage, and rightly so. State-approved not-for-profit structures paid by producers subject to EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility), they each specialize in a specific end-of-life product and equipment collection channel, and ensure their treatment, usually free of charge.
More than just compost
The Lorquin hospital has added the word citizenship to its sustainable development mission, and its latest project - composting food waste from the staff canteen - is ...
When hospitals trade in their medicines
Faced with the mountain of unused expired drugs in hospitals and medical-social establishments, estimated at over 50 million euros a year for hospitals alone*, and with the absurdity of certain imposed standards and practices, professionals have taken matters into their own hands with the creation of MaPUI, the 1st exchange platform for internal-use pharmacies.
Training nursing students in sustainable development
They run IFSIs in Montpellier, Toulon and Alès, and deplore the lack of sustainable development in the training they provide. Here's a look back at their experiences and initiatives to remedy the situation.
What to do with your food waste?
For the Centre SSR d'Arbizon (65), CSR rhymes with RESponsible. For the past three years, the facility has been organizing a flagship event to mark Sustainable Development Week, calling on local players.
Hospital waste
European Week for Waste Reduction 2017 will take place from November 18 to 26. The Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie (ADEME - French Environment and Energy Management Agency) provides "generic tools" on its thematic website. In addition, C2DS offers you a thematic poster specific to your sector of activity. Download the SERD 2017 poster for patients, beneficiaries and families.
From disposable to sustainable
The Clinique du Souffle La Vallonie (34) took advantage of Sustainable Development Week to raise awareness among its teams about waste sorting and reducing the use of plastic cups.
When technicians come to the rescue of employees' broken equipment
Clinique du Pré (72) proposed educational initiatives for staff and the general public on the themes of eco-mobility, waste, the environment and CSR.
Don't throw away, recycle
The Polyclinique Lyon Nord conscientiously sorts its waste but excludes a few items, including certain polypropylene measuring bottles and caps, which are then recovered free of charge by the "Romain et les Bouchons du Bonheur" association, which recycles them to finance projects benefiting people with disabilities.
The art of eco-wisdom
Four young people on a civic service contract have just completed their mission at the Résidence Marie Romier in La Talaudière (42). For six months, two days a week, they went out to meet residents and set up concrete actions around sustainable development: better sorting of food waste using posters and labels, which eco-gestures and commitments are best suited to the elderly, thinking about the concept of intergenerational relations, etc.
Virtuous cycles for your waste: TerraCycle works alongside C2DS.
TerraCycle is a company specializing in the recycling of traditionally non-recycled waste, i.e. the vast majority of what we throw away. Collection solutions and recycling techniques are sought, but not at any cost. Indeed, the recyclability of waste is defined in terms of an economic equation: the cost of collection and recycling must be lower than the value of the recycled materials - logical!
Breathe in, breathe out!
In health and social care establishments, protection against chemical pollutants deserves the same attention as that against airborne infectious and radioactive risks, but you still need to know which chemical pollutants are present in indoor air.
Societal open house: from Blériot XI to robotic-assisted rehabilitation
SAS Clinique Saint-Roch is taking part in European Sustainable Development Week by organizing an "atypical" open house. A return to the future will enable visitors to (re)discover part of the local (Cambrian) heritage and history, through a tour of four workshops.
When the operating room becomes eco-responsible
Dr Jane Muret, sustainable development officer, anesthesia department, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy (94), answered our questions about her sustainable development approach in the operating theater.
Waste management by the menu
"Pour une bonne gestion des déchets produits par les établissements de santé et médico-sociaux, déchets issus de médicaments, déchets liquides" is the title of the Ministry of Health's practical guide (2016). This is a Bible on the subject, the fruit of collaborative work with the Ministry in charge of the Environment, based on the work of a group of multidisciplinary experts. You can download it here.
Consumption on the screen
A quick visit to the Facebook site of the Paul-Coste Floret Hospital (34) is well worth the detour. Reflecting the hospital's commitment to subjects as diverse as art, well-being at work, the right to health and other civic and ecological commitments, the site features a highly pragmatic energy project.
Let's change our practices!
Sustainable development week at the Flandres and Lille-Métropole public mental health establishments (EPSM) will be a time to discover the initiatives in place at both establishments.
General mobilization at Lille CHRU
From May 30 to June 3, 2016, the Lille CHRU is organizing games aimed at raising awareness of sustainable development: sorting, energy, biodiversity, waste, etc. See the program in this article.