Healthier - Glens Falls Hospital

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Glens Falls Hospital established a “Green Team” in 2009, responsible for
proactively tracking and looking for ways to improve the Hospital’s energy,
nutrition, paper and recycling processes.
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The Hospital’s Cafeteria and Bistro replaced all polystyrene foam takeout
containers with a new type of biodegradable container made from potatoes
called “Tater Ware.”
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We now use napkin products containing 100 percent recovered paper fiber
and 40 percent consumer materials by fiber weight. This effort earned the
Hospital the Green Seal environmental standard for bleaching, drinking and
packaging.
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New napkin dispensing stations reduced usage by more than 200,000
napkins in 2009.
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32,000 pounds of paper used at the Hospital comes from recycled paper,
saving approximately one ton of solid waste per year.
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Overall paper usage in 2009 was down by 452,000 pounds compared to
2008, the equivalent of more than 40 trees.
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The Hospital recycles nearly 800 pounds of batteries per year.
Through our reusable Sharps Container Program, 115,120 pounds of plastic
were kept out of landfills.
GoingGreen
We strongly believe in taking
an environmentally-conscious
approach to our various
Glens Falls Hospital’s Green Team draws support from four
initiatives, not only to protect
unique work groups who focus on energy, nutrition, paper and
recycling. As a result of our energy conservation measures in
this generation, but for the
2009, we saved enough energy – 1.85 million kW h compared
to 2008 – to power 308 average U.S. homes for a year.
benefit of generations to come. 15.