HUNTSMAN CANCER HOSPITAL

SINGLE STREAM REYCLING

EconomicalSocial Environmental

Economical

WHAT IS ECONOMICAL RECYCLING?

Recycling benefits the economy by also reducing expenditures.• As more items are reduced, the amount of waste that needs to go

to the landfill or incinerator is also reduced. Through recycling, communities can save on their waste disposal costs (eg. landfill costs), which can be very expensive. In addition, through the sale of the recycled materials, communities can also offset the cost of their waste disposal, thereby further reducing their expenditure.

• Subsequently, acres and acres of landfill space can be saved, and be diverted for other uses. In countries where land is scarce, saving on landfill space could mean savings by the million, and in fact earnings, if the land can be used for other revenue-generating functions.

• With recycling, everything can be used to its maximum potential. Nothing is wasted. Such cost-effective practices not only saves money, but the environment and our resources too.

• Evidently, recycling benefits the economy and beyond!

Social

WHAT IS SOCIAL RECYCLING?

The Deskside Value Partnership Goals

1. Improve participation levels in desk-side programs2. Drive single stream recycling to your co-workers3. Improve the efficiency of our desk-side recycling program4. Capture, compile and communicate results grounded in solid data5. Enrich the volume and mix of valuable materials in the green bins6. To identify and share best practices

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING?

Environmental

Packing your own lunch in reusable containers not only reduces waste, but also saves loads of your hard-earned cash. The average American worker spends $37 per week on bought lunch, adding up to $2,000 a year (there's that pay increase you've been looking for).

When you do eat out, try to choose restaurants that package food in reusable or easily-recyclable containers, such as plastic #1 or #2 containers, rather than hard-to-recycle foam boxes.

WAY TO GO FORD!

Each 2012 Ford Focus electric contains approximately 22 post-consumer recycled plastic bottles in its seat fabric.“On an average car we use about 300 pounds of plastic,” Angela Harris, Ford biomaterials research engineer, told Earth911. “So, there are a lot of opportunities there to increase the overall bio content and recycled content. We have accomplished a lot, but we’re going to keep it going.”

ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING FACTS

ALUMINUM CANS REUSABLE ITEMS 2012 FORD FOCUS

WHAT IS SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING?Single-stream (also known as “fully commingled” or "single-sort") recycling refers to a system in which all paper fibers, plastics, metals, and other containers are mixed in a collection truck, instead of being sorted by the depositor into separate commodities (newspaper, paperboard, corrugated fiberboard, plastic etc.) and handled separately throughout the collection process.

In single-stream, both the collection and processing systems are designed to handle this fully commingled mixture of recyclables, with materials being separated for reuse at a materials recovery facility.

What is my ROLE?

Your role is to place all desk-side recyclables - such as fiber (newspaper, office paper and cardboard) and non-fiber (plastic bottles, steel and aluminum cans) into a single recycling container for subsequent collection, processing and remarketing.

STEP 1- OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE HOSPITAL WASTE

In addition . . .In keeping with the zero waste commitment the Huntsman Cancer Hospital is partnering with the University of Utah and Office of Sustainability to develop zero waste across campus.

• Reducing the hospital’s consumption is crucial to begin any creation of a sustainable waste cycle. If HCH can begin to eliminate waste in the first place, the university is on the proper path toward a zero waste campus / hospital.

• Reduce is the most important factor of the 3 R’s:

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. 65% of the material in our landfill could have been recycled

And the best part of having Single Stream Recycling is….

No More Sorting Of Your Recyclables!

STEP 2- SWTICHING FROM THE BLUE RECYCLING BIN TO A GREEN RECYCLING BINWe will still keep the “GREY BIN” for FOOD WASTE.

FOODWaste

Comingle Recycling

Bin

If you eat in your office, please discard all of your food in the GREY general waste container. Please do not put any food / liquid inside of the GREEN recycling bin!

STEP 3- YOUR ROLE IN RECYCLING• Empty your own Recycling

Bin.• Take it to your

departmental central collection station.

• Keep your bin fresh and clean.

I keep my physical environment clean and organized, for the safety and comfort of our patients.

What do you consider as trash?? Where will I put my general trash now??

• Food, Glass Bottles, Grocery Bags

Our new recycling system gives us a unique opportunity to remove a large amount of waste from the landfill.

There will be centrally located and well labeled trash receptacles for your trash.

The great news is, the majority of office waste will be recyclable.

We appreciate your cooperation in placing what little “trash” you have into the appropriate receptacle.

General Trash- New Definition

• Medical waste ie: gauze soaked with blood

Medical Waste Definition

WHY ME?Emptying your own

trash increases accountability.

"When you take care of it, you're

aware of it."

Environmental Service ImprovementsStaff will not be reduced, instead, custodians will be re-directed toward weekly sanitizing of offices. Hi-use areas like bathrooms, public areas and patient rooms will also receive additional attention.

In addition . . .

OWNERSHIP

STEP 4- TAKE BIN TO DESIGNATED CENTRAL COLLECTION STATION

Place in “Central Collection Container”

as needed.

Central Collection Container

QUALITY- I always provide high quality care and service and implement ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

STEP 5- RECYCLING PICK-UP PROCEDURES

EVS will pick up recycling from “Central Drop Off Container”

To our Commitment

to

The custodian will be responsible for picking up the recycling from central collection containers.

Custodians- I take initiative and I am accountable for my own actions and empower others to do the same. [Responsibility]

FROM THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

M-F7:30 a.m. to

Midnight

STEP 6- TRANSPORTING RECYCLING

NEXT – TO A LEVEL

THEN TO LOADING

DOCKGeneral Waste Compactor

Construction Open-Top Container

Single Stream Compactor

Box Staging Area

Box Baler

STEP 7- TO SINGLE STREAM COMPACTOR

An Environmental Service Employee will toss the recycling into the compactor.

Rocky Mountain Recycling’s Transportation Team will also be responsible for picking up our compactor in case Ace cannot.

According to their supervisor, they are a great group of drivers and are committed to servicing all their customers.

They are hard-working, punctual and dedicated to taking care of our concerns in a safe and timely way.

STEP 8

The Single Stream Recycling container is picked up by ACE Disposal Services at our hospital. Their truck goes directly to Rocky Mountain Recycling.

STEP 9- RECYCLING PROCESSRMR is a full service recycling center. Purchasing, collection, processing and brokerage of all metals, recyclable paper, and plastic.

FACT:Rocky Mountain Recycling processes more than 45,000 tons of recyclable materials each month.

All kinds of paper, cardboard, plastics, aluminum and other metals.

Recyclable items are unload and ready to be sorted and turned into new products.STEP 10-

What types of Recycling Equipment do they use?

Komatsu WA250

Once our materials are there, Rocky Mountain Recycling (RMR) loads up the materials onto a sort line where everything is sorted thoroughly multiple times.

STEP 11 – SORT LINE

STEP 12 -SORTINGMACHINE

The brand new, $7 million single-stream sort system takes all of the recyclables from one big pile, and sends them into the bins where they belong.

3110 South 900 West(801) 972-0220

Throughput  ( from 5 to 50 TPH );ONP grade requirement;Level of man power;Available floor space;Easiness of maintenance;Level of glass content and type of treatment.

Machinex Single-Stream Recycling Solutions are always custom-engineered to maximize output based on the customer’s specific needs:

Three-foot wide conveyor belts carry the pop bottles, beer cans, cardboard boxes and newspaper through a series of screens and sorters. Screens first pull the cardboard away; the conveyor separates different kinds of papers: shredded, newsprint and magazine.Farther along the process, milk jugs are spotted by an optical lens, and blasted into a bin. Later, a magnet plucks metal cans from the stream.

ConveyorsAir Separators

Magnetic and Eddy Current Separators

Structural SteelDrum feeder

MACH Motion FloorOptical sorting equipment

Balers

SORTINGPROCESS

STEP 13

“Contaminated” Recycling

If the materials mix, Rocky Mountain Recycling cannot sell the finished bales on the market.

“Contaminated” bales end up in the landfill because the paper producers and metal smelters can’t use them.

RMR has some really strict guidelines for what they can accept, because they have to turn it into a product that can be introduced back into manufacturing. If it's contaminated, it's unusable to them. That's why a machine like this is critical!RECYCLING

Once the recyclables are sorted, they are made into bails of paper, metals, cardboard, and sent to the various mills to be turned into new products by truck or train

STEP 14- Sorting Process Completed

Once the recyclables are sorted, they are made into bails of paper, metals, cardboard, and sent to the various mills to be turned into new products by truck or train.

RMR plans to recycle everything if it is not contaminated.

Ace Recycling and Disposal, Inc2274 South Technology Drive, West Valley City, Utah 84119Local: 801-363-9995Toll Free: 800-724-9995

STEP 15 – Transporting Our Recycling

What You Can Do?We’ve made recycling and the environment a key part of our 2015 goal to reduce waste. Here’s what you can do to make it a key part of your life!

There are many things you can do to help our hospital reach Zero Waste :

• Rethink your purchases and practices.

• Reduce your purchases.

• Encourage your co-workers to recycle correctly.

• Buy reused materials and when you're done with something, find someone else who wants it.

• Give your garbage a second chance.

• Get involved and help make ZW happen in our hospital.