Zero Waste: Further Resources
- The H2E website provides useful tools for hospitals seeking to improve environmental performance, including a comprehensive list of mercury reduction resources and a step-by-step guide to minimising waste. A new H2E listserv provides a forum for health care professionals to discuss technical information and practical strategies for pollution prevention.
http://www.h2e-online.org
- The Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment assists healthcare professionals to recognize the inextricable link between human and environmental health and their role in creating the change in practice needed to improve the health of humans and the environment. Their website includes links to a variety of related documents.
http://www.nihe.org/index.htm
- University of Massachusetts Lowell, do a search for "hospitals" to view links to a wide selection of information on sustainable hospitals.
http://www.uml.edu/
- Case Study - Flinders Medical Centre initiated the Healthy Environment Project in December 1991 with the aim of minimising waste and exploring other environmental initiatives.
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/04/03123.htm
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