Duke University reached carbon neutrality in October 2024 first among its academic peers and has set a new 2050 net zero goal. The Duke University Health System completed its first FY24 GHG inventory in 2025, reporting a 25% CO2e reduction.
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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.
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.
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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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.
Largest reprocessor of single use medical devices in the U.S., recovering EP catheters, pulse oximeter sensors, compression sleeves and more for safe reuse.
Reprocesses single use devices and repairs rigid/flexible scopes, extending product life while maintaining FDA cleared clinical performance.
On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.
European leader in reprocessing complex single use cardiology and ultrasound catheters under EU MDR, returning them to OEM equivalent quality.
Specialty reprocessor focused on the highest cost single use electrophysiology and cardiology devices that other reprocessors won't touch.
Publicly documented programs where this hospital or its parent system reported measurable results.
Duke ran multi department clinical waste characterization audits to right size regulated medical waste (RMW) bins, reducing the share of normal trash mis routed to costly RMW disposal.