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Park Ridge, IL· Advocate Health· 650 beds

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

A 650 bed tertiary care hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, part of Advocate Health. The hospital participates in system wide sustainability initiatives focused on energy conservation, waste minimization, and environmentally responsible operations.

Energy efficiencyWaste reductionSustainable operations
Sustainability report
Peer benchmark

Compare to peers

Better than peers on progress
0%
vs. 1 peers · median 100%
Better than peers on waste/bed
0%
peer median 6.0 t/bed/yr
Your progress
40%
3 stated goals

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Stated commitments

Goals & progress

Reduce energy consumption across Advocate Health
Target Measurable energy reduction by 2030 · baseline 2020 · Energy efficiency programs and building optimization
On track
36% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Behind on this goal — 3 peers further along:
Expand waste reduction and recycling system wide
Target Increased diversion by 2028 · baseline 2019 · Waste diversion and recycling programs across facilities
On track
43% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 43%Projected 56.6%
+13.6 pts
Est. 233 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
Contributing solutions

Directional estimate. Tons modeled from this hospital's annual waste footprint and category benchmarks (Practice Greenhealth, vendor case studies). Diminishing returns applied when multiple solutions share a category.

Behind on this goal — 3 peers further along:
Advance sustainable building and operational practices
Target System-wide sustainability by 2028 · baseline 2018 · Green building standards and operational sustainability
On track
40% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Behind on this goal — 3 peers further along:
Vendor match

Solutions that map to these goals

Products from our solutions directory that align with this hospital's stated commitments and active projects.

Compostable supplies
BioGown compostable isolation gown
Terraloam

The first closed loop, 100% compostable medical isolation gown. Replaces single use plastic gowns with a plant based alternative collected and composted through a take back program.

Impact: 176K+ gowns diverted from landfill, 95% collection rate, Premier Innovation Award winner.
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Recycling & circularity
BioDigester on site composter
Terraloam

On site aerobic digester that turns up to 220 lbs of hospital food waste and Terraloam compostable film gowns into finished compost in 24 hours closing the loop between cafeteria and clinical waste streams.

Impact: Diverts ~40 tons/yr of combined food waste and compostable PPE per unit from landfill or incineration with no off site hauling.
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Recycling & circularity
GENERATIONS closed loop lab plastic recycling
BD + Envetec

On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.

Impact: Pilot study confirmed recovered resin meets virgin grade specs for re manufacture into healthcare plastics.
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Compostable supplies
Plastic free medication cup
Plastilose

First fully plastic free, PFAS free medication cup, made from bacterial cellulose. Naturally biodegrades in ~3 months and is ISO 10993 biocompatibility tested.

Impact: Replaces billions of single use plastic souffle cups used for med pass each year.
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Recycling & circularity
On site lab plastics recycling
LabCycle

UK university spin out (NHS Innovation Accelerator fellow) that decontaminates and recycles lab consumables pipette tips, tubes, plates into reusable polymer feedstock on site.

Impact: Pilots with NHS trusts and Bristol Uni diverting tonnes of lab plastic from incineration.
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Compostable supplies
Compostable hydrocolloid wound dressing
Dermeco

Finnish startup making the first fully ecological hydrocolloid dressing decomposes to CO₂, water and humus with no microplastic residue.

Impact: Replaces petroleum based wound dressings, a high volume bedside waste stream.
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Underway

Waste reduction projects

EnergySince 2021
Energy conservation upgrades
Improving building energy performance and reducing carbon footprint
RecyclingSince 2022
Waste stream optimization
Segregating waste streams to improve recycling and reduce landfill