In 2024, CVMC became the first U.S. hospital to partner with Terraloam, replacing traditional plastic isolation gowns and patient belonging bags with fully compostable, plant based alternatives that break down in 90 180 days.
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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.
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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.
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.
On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.
First fully plastic free, PFAS free medication cup, made from bacterial cellulose. Naturally biodegrades in ~3 months and is ISO 10993 biocompatibility tested.
Compostable cups, lids, cutlery and clamshells for hospital cafeterias and patient meal trays certified industrially compostable.
BPI certified compostable trays, bowls and utensils used by health systems including Kaiser Permanente for patient meals.
Publicly documented programs where this hospital or its parent system reported measurable results.
Catawba Valley Medical Center partnered with Charlotte based Terraloam to replace conventional plastic isolation gowns and patient belonging bags with fully compostable, plant based BioGown products manufactured and composted in North Carolina.