In celebration of Earth Day (Sunday, April 22), it’s time to take stock of the ways CoxHealth is working to protect the environment. Over the past several years, CoxHealth had made a number of changes that have reduced waste and encouraged recycling and energy conservation throughout the health system.
In conjunction with CoxHealth’s Engineering, Environmental Services and Materials Management departments, we’ve been able to:
• Install an environmentally friendly floor covering on the hospital’s skywalk
• Switch to “greener” paper towels in restrooms throughout the hospital
• Expand the usage of concentrated, environmentally friendly cleaning chemicals that reduce the amount of water used in industrial floor scrubbers
• Recycle cardboard, paper and metal from throughout the system.
• Connect lights in areas that are not occupied 24 hours a day to motion sensors, allowing them to be off when no one’s around.
• Work to phase out CRT monitors for computers and replacing them with energy-saving flat-screen monitors.
• Modify bed-change policies to reduce the total amount of linens washed and the amount of water used.
Most recently, we’ve added aluminum and plastic recycling, managed by volunteers from throughout the system who are passionate about recycling and are pitching in to help make recycling a reality for their departments and four our guests.
A few tips on how you can help the environment, courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, can be found here: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/earthday.pdf
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