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Manhasset, NY· Northwell Health· 806 beds

North Shore University Hospital (Northwell Health)

North Shore University Hospital is Northwell Health's flagship tertiary campus on Long Island. As New York State's largest health system, Northwell has set enterprise-wide goals around food-waste diversion, OR clinical recycling, reusable surgical textiles, and anesthetic gas reduction, with NSUH serving as a lead pilot site.

Practice GreenhealthFood waste compostingOR wasteReprocessingAnesthetic gas
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4 stated goals

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Stated commitments

Goals & progress

Divert cafeteria and patient food waste
Target Zero food waste to landfill by 2030 · baseline 2021 · Cafeteria and patient meal composting across Long Island campuses
On track
50% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 50%Projected 61.9%
+11.9 pts
Est. 290 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 clinical recycling and reprocessing
Target 35% OR waste diversion by 2028 · baseline 2022 · Blue wrap, clean plastics, and single-use device reprocessing across surgical suites
On track
48% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 48%Projected 67.8%
+19.8 pts
Est. 461 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:
Reduce high-GWP anesthetic gas use
Target Eliminate desflurane by 2027 · baseline 2022 · OR formulary shift to lower-GWP anesthetics
On track
70% of the way to goal1 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 70%Projected 77.7%
+7.7 pts
Est. 314 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.

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Cut greenhouse gas emissions
Target 50% reduction by 2030 · baseline 2019 · Scope 1 and 2 emissions across Northwell facilities
On track
45% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 45%Projected 58.6%
+13.6 pts
Est. 301 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.

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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

Food wasteSince 2022
Enterprise food waste composting
Diverts back-of-house and patient tray organics from landfill across Northwell hospitals
RecyclingSince 2021
OR blue wrap recycling
Sterile wrap diverted from landfill across surgical suites system-wide
ReprocessingSince 2019
Single use device reprocessing
Reprocessed surgical, cath lab, and EP lab devices across Northwell
Single-use plasticsSince 2024
Reusable isolation gown pilot
Reusable and compostable isolation gowns replacing single-use PPE on pilot med-surg units
Pharma wasteSince 2023
Desflurane phase-out
Removing desflurane from OR formulary to cut high-GWP anesthetic emissions