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Not-for-profit membership-based
organization committed to educate, motivate,
and engage healthcare professionals to
adopt best environmental practices that
increase operational efficiency and support
an environmentally sustainable system that
improves the health of patients, staff and the
community…
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A Community of Partnerships
Facility Members
•Hospitals
• Nursing homes
•Clinics
•Health systems
•Labs
•State and federal
agencies
Strategic
Resource
Network
•State hospital and
nurses associations
•NGOs
•Trade associations
•Manufacturers
•Service providers
•GPOs
•Architects & Green
Building
Professionals
Business
Members
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Healthcare’s Environmental Footprint
 Healthcare is 17% GDP 20% by 2015
 Hospital workforce: 4.6 million[1]
 24/7 operations
 $8.3 billion on energy each year[2]
 Water – often largest water users in the
community
 Over 6 million tons of waste per year
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Our Rising Disease Burden
Cancer:
 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will get cancer in their lifetime
 Cancer incidence from 1 in 20 to 1 in 8 in last 40 years
Asthma:
 Asthma incidence in the U.S. has more than doubled since 1980
Diabetes:
 Between 1997 and 2004, diabetes incidence increased 45% among 18-44 years old
Endometriosis:
 Once thought to be very rare, now affects 10-15% of all women of reproductive age
in the U.S.
Learning Disabilities:
 Affects 5-10% of children in U.S. public schools
Obesity:
 127 million people are overweight; 60 million are obese
 ALL THESE DISEASES ARE NOW LINKED TO ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPOSURES
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the
sustainability
continuum
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Sample Environmental Programs
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Energy Efficiency
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Green Cleaning
Green Construction, Renovation & Design
Integrated Pest Management
Mercury Elimination
Pharmaceutical Management
Red Bag Waste Minimization
Recycling Programs
Universal Waste Management
Water Conservation
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Member Toolkit
www.practicegreenhealth.org/tools/toolkit
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© Practice Greenhealth, 2009.