ECU Health Medical Center
One of four academic medical centers in North Carolina and the flagship of ECU Health, a regional system serving 1.4 million people across 29 counties. In early 2025, ECU Health committed to strengthening its environmental impact across the system reducing its carbon footprint and expanding sustainable food partnerships. ECU Health Beaufort Hospital was featured in a BBC documentary for its food waste fighting program.
Compare to peers
Percentiles compare this hospital against peers in the selected set. Higher is better on both metrics.
Goals & progress
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.
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center100% (+80 pts ahead)
- Boston Medical Center100% (+80 pts ahead)
- Seattle Children's Hospital100% (+80 pts ahead)
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.
- Stanford Health Care100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Massachusetts General Hospital100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Hackensack University Medical Center100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Gundersen Health System (Emplify Health)100% (+70 pts ahead)
- Advocate Christ Medical Center100% (+70 pts ahead)
- Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center100% (+70 pts ahead)
Solutions that map to these goals
Products from our solutions directory that align with this hospital's stated commitments and active projects.
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.