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Austin, TX· Ascension Seton· 211 beds

Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas

Central Texas's Level I trauma center and Dell Medical School's primary teaching hospital is advancing Ascension's system wide environmental commitments through OR waste reduction, single use device reprocessing, and clinical recycling expansion in downtown Austin.

Academic medical centerTrauma centerOR waste
Sustainability report
Peer benchmark

Compare to peers

Better than peers on progress
100%
vs. 1 peers · median 40%
Better than peers on waste/bed
0%
peer median 6.0 t/bed/yr
Your progress
42%
3 stated goals

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Stated commitments

Goals & progress

Reduce Ascension system greenhouse gas emissions
Target 50% reduction by 2030 · baseline 2020 · Scope 1 and 2 emissions across Ascension ministries
On track
38% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 38%Projected 53.4%
+15.4 pts
Est. 79 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:
Expand single use device reprocessing
Target Scale across OR and cath lab by 2027 · baseline 2022 · Reprocessed surgical and cardiology devices
On track
45% of the way to goal1 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 45%Projected 62.5%
+17.5 pts
Est. 100 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:
Increase clinical recycling and landfill diversion
Target Higher diversion rate by 2028 · baseline 2021 · Blue wrap, clean plastics, and packaging
On track
42% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 42%Projected 55.8%
+13.8 pts
Est. 75 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:
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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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Underway

Waste reduction projects

RecyclingSince 2023
OR blue wrap recycling
Sterile wrap diversion from surgical suites at the downtown trauma campus
ReprocessingSince 2023
Single use device reprocessing
Certified reprocessing of select OR and cath lab devices
Food wasteSince 2024
Food service waste reduction
Pre-consumer food waste tracking with Dell Medical partners