This webpage is designed to provide links to information and resources that will help health care professionals consider the pollution prevention opportunities at their facilities. Implementing pollution prevention programs benefits the environment, can improve worker health and safety and can result in cost savings. The examples below show a few of the numerous opportunities to prevent pollution in the health care sector by conserving energy and water, greener purchasing and proper handling and disposal of hazardous materials. Consider the following:
Mercury Use, Release and Reduction at NS Hospitals (PDF)
Mercury In Hospitals Factsheet (PDF: 374k)
Mercury in Health Care Checklist (PDF: 39k)
Why Green Your Facility? (PDF: 179k)
Why Green Purchasing? (PDF: 115k)
Rechargeable Battery and Cell Phone Recycling Program
General Pollution Prevention in Healthcare
C2P2 Healthcare Environet
Health Care Without Harm
Practice Greenhealth
Sample Environmental Management System Guide
Developing an Environmental Policy (generic) (PDF: 28k)
Ethylene Oxide
CEPA Ethylene Oxide Information
Replacing Ethylene oxide and Gluteraldehyde (from USEPA) (PDF)
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Canadian EcoLogo Program
GIPPER Guide to Green Purchasing
Health Care Without Harm - Green Purchasing
Listservs
Healthcare Environet Listserv
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Listserv
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Work Group