For the second time, the Supervaltech SSR clinic (66) has validated its EMAS registration, a voluntary approach to continuous improvement of its environmental performance.
Ecologic and WEEE at a glance
The C2DS would like to make your life easier and encourage you to use eco-organizations wherever possible. Here's the summary sheet produced by Ecologic, a C2DS partner specializing in the collection of certain types of WEEE: an at-a-glance overview of the equipment taken back, how collection is organized and who to contact.
Recap of Ecologic's missions (waste eco-organization)
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.
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.
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.
Waste overview
An overview to guide you through the waste management channels potentially available to healthcare and medico-social establishments. Developed by the C2DS Sustainable Waste Management working group, the tool is available for free download from the form below.
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.
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!
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.
Think Valdelia for your used furniture
Valdelia is a non-profit eco-organization that collects and recycles used professional furniture in France, from all professionals, whatever their size, sector of activity or legal status.
Recycling batteries is easy, useful... and free!
Corepile, a C2DS partner, is a government-approved eco-organization for the collection and recycling of batteries and accumulators. It organizes collection points and recycling channels, all free of charge for consumers, enabling it to recover around 5,000 tonnes of metals every year.
Recap of Récylum's missions (waste eco-organization)
Download the Récylum fact sheet to find out more about the scope of its missions!
Bio-waste weighing campaign in Midi-Pyrénées
You can consult the deliverables of the study carried out in 2015 for ADEME "Campagne de pesée des biodéchets en Midi-Pyrénées".
Clinique Saint-Vincent de Paul maternity hospital recycles its baby bottles
Recycling baby bottles, giving them a second, less noble but sustainable life, is what the maternity unit at the Clinique Saint-Vincent de Paul in Bourgoin-Jallieu (38) has decided to do, in partnership with Gallia and Terracycle.