Mass General Brigham has reduced energy associated emissions ~58% vs a 2008 business as usual baseline. The system targets carbon neutral electricity by 2025 and signed the Cool Food pledge to cut food related emissions 25% by 2030.
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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.
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.
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.
Next generation suction fluid collection bag designed to use significantly less plastic per case than legacy rigid canister systems.
On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.
Publicly documented programs where this hospital or its parent system reported measurable results.
Mass General Brigham phased down use of desflurane and high flow nitrous oxide in operating rooms in favor of lower GWP anesthetics, a high leverage clinical decarbonization move.