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Boston, MA· Beth Israel Lahey Health· 743 beds

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a Harvard-affiliated academic medical center and repeat Practice Greenhealth Top 25 awardee with established food-waste digestion, OR waste minimization, and anesthetic gas reduction programs across its Boston campus.

Practice Greenhealth Top 25Food wasteAnesthetic gasOR wasteReprocessing
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4 stated goals

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Stated commitments

Goals & progress

Divert cafeteria and patient food waste
Target Zero food waste to landfill by 2028 · baseline 2020 · On-site food waste digestion and composting from cafeteria and patient meal services
On track
60% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 60%Projected 69.5%
+9.5 pts
Est. 267 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
Contributing solutions

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Reduce high-GWP anesthetic gas use
Target Eliminate desflurane by 2026 · baseline 2019 · OR formulary shift to lower-GWP anesthetics
On track
85% of the way to goal0 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 85%Projected 88.9%
+3.9 pts
Est. 289 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.

Expand OR clinical recycling
Target 35% OR waste diversion by 2028 · baseline 2022 · Blue wrap, clean plastics, single-use device reprocessing
On track
45% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 45%Projected 65.9%
+20.9 pts
Est. 425 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
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Cut greenhouse gas emissions
Target 50% reduction by 2030 · baseline 2018 · Scope 1 and 2 emissions across Beth Israel Lahey Health
On track
40% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 40%Projected 54.8%
+14.8 pts
Est. 278 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
Contributing solutions

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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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Reusable / reprocessed devices
Single use device reprocessing
Stryker Sustainability Solutions

Largest reprocessor of single use medical devices in the U.S., recovering EP catheters, pulse oximeter sensors, compression sleeves and more for safe reuse.

Impact: ~$1B saved across 3,000+ customers and 26M+ lbs of waste diverted from landfill.
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Reusable / reprocessed devices
ReNewal device reprocessing
Medline

Reprocesses single use devices and repairs rigid/flexible scopes, extending product life while maintaining FDA cleared clinical performance.

Impact: Customers like Sharp HealthCare report seven figure annual savings plus large landfill diversion.
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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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Packaging
TRUCIRCLE medical packaging
Coveris + SABIC

First closed loop recycling model for sterile medical packaging non contaminated hospital packaging waste is collected, chemically recycled, and turned back into new sterile film.

Impact: Live pilot with Zuyderland Medical Center and Artivion proving circular sterile packaging at scale.
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Waste reduction projects

Food wasteSince 2017
On-site food waste digester
Aerobic digester processes cafeteria and patient tray food waste on campus, diverting organics from landfill
Pharma wasteSince 2021
Desflurane phase-out
Removed desflurane from OR formulary, eliminating high-GWP anesthetic emissions
RecyclingSince 2020
OR blue wrap recycling
Sterile wrap diverted from landfill across surgical suites
ReprocessingSince 2019
Single use device reprocessing
Reprocessed surgical and cath lab devices