Healthcare Sustainability Blog Series Part 4 of 4: Reporting Congratulations! You have completed your program assessment, planned short- and long-term priority implementation, and you have implemented a project or two. Now it’s time to report and communicate your successes. Based on the key metric you set in the planning phase, once you implement and operate your […]
Read MoreHealthcare Sustainability Blog Series Part 3 of 4: Implementation The third step to strengthening your healthcare sustainability program after assessment and planning is implementation. You’ve done your routine program check-up to identify accomplishments, opportunities, and gaps. You have set new goals and priorities, and ran the business case to understand the resources needed and potential benefits. Now, […]
Read MoreHealthcare Sustainability Blog Series Part 2 of 4: Planning Part 1 of this blog series discussed your sustainability program assessment. Now that you have identified your accomplishments, as well as any areas of improvements, how do you take it to the next step? Planning your sustainability program, or revising your sustainability goals if you already […]
Read MoreHealthcare Sustainability Blog Series Part 1 of 4: Assessment Today we introduce the idea of an initial wellness check-up of your sustainability program. Whether you are new to sustainability or you’ve had a program in place for several years, it is a good idea to do a routine check-up to review your program’s goals and […]
Read MoreRecycling Paper Cups RRS consultants Marissa Segundo and Catherine Goodall write about recycling paper cups in their latest article Promising Pathways as seen in the March edition of Resource Recycling magazine. Here’s a snippet: Paper cups symbolize a number of elements of modern culture – our on-the-go mentality, our need for convenience, our love of caffeine – but […]
Read MoreWaste Exchanges Transformed: The Austin Materials Marketplace Waste exchange, as defined by Wikipedia, is “where the waste product of one process becomes the raw materials for a second process.” From the 1970s until recently, waste exchanges were administered through a newsletter format, listing the hard-to-recycle industrial or commercial item with a limited amount of specification and a contact […]
Read MoreBeyond the Basics: Municipal Recycling Contracts In the last year or so, some municipalities and material recovery facility (MRF) operators have been renegotiating their recyclables processing contracts because of market fluctuations that have affected the value of recovered commodities. RRS Vice President Michael Timpane, speaking during the Contracting Control session at the 2017 Paper & Plastics […]
Read MoreRecycling in a State of Change Florida public practitioners have a right to be baffled about good residential recycling policy and contracting. A quick look at what has happened over the past 10 years confirms great waves of change. Since the early 1970s, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the modern municipal solid […]
Read MoreHelping Florida Schools Implement Carton Recycling Over the past several years, and as a longtime Floridian, I have seen the increase in activity to expand recycling programs in Florida. Through my position with RRS, I am able to represent the Carton Council (an RRS client) and its commitment to increasing the number of aseptic and […]
Read MoreRecycling Coordinator Road Map Today’s recycling coordinators wear many hats including education specialists, data managers, event planners, and school program coordinators, just to name a few. A committed recycling coordinator can affect captured recycling volume, increase participation, and reflect the county’s or city’s dedication to recycling. Studies show effective programs with continuous outreach can see […]
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