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Kankakee, IL· Riverside Healthcare· 300 beds

Riverside Medical Center

Riverside Medical Center is the 300-bed Level II trauma flagship of Riverside Healthcare, serving Kankakee, Iroquois, Will, and Grundy counties in Illinois. Riverside's facilities team manages 2M+ sq ft across a 60-mile service area, with sustainability work focused on energy efficiency, a new Energy Star utility plant, water recycling, and lean waste reduction.

Energy StarLEEDWater recyclingCogenerationLean waste reductionLED retrofit
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2 stated goals

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Stated commitments

Goals & progress

Secure LEED certification for new central utility plant
Target LEED certification by 2023 · baseline 2020 · 2020 Energy Star utility plant replaced 55-year-old heating elements; measurement for LEED certification underway 2021–2022.
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Source: Riverside Healthcare — Advancing Sustainability
Projected impact if deployed
Current 70%Projected 77.7%
+7.7 pts
Est. 117 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
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Recycle hospital water through new utility plant
Target 85% of hospital water usage recycled by 2020 · baseline 2019 · New utility plant recycles 85% of hospital water usage (operational 2020).
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Source: Riverside Healthcare — Advancing Sustainability
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Contributing solutions

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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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Compostable supplies
Plastic free medication cup
Plastilose

First fully plastic free, PFAS free medication cup, made from bacterial cellulose. Naturally biodegrades in ~3 months and is ISO 10993 biocompatibility tested.

Impact: Replaces billions of single use plastic souffle cups used for med pass each year.
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Waste reduction projects

EnergySince 2020
Energy Star central utility plant
New utility plant built to Energy Star standards replaced 55-year-old heating elements; recycles 85% of hospital water and uses automation controls to cut GHG emissions.
EnergySince 2020
Cogeneration electrical power system
On-site cogen power system, annually tested for air-quality emissions and Illinois EPA compliance.
EnergySince 2015
System-wide LED and CFL lighting retrofit
Over 20 facilities converted from incandescent/metal-halide to CFL and LED lighting (2010–2015).
RecyclingSince 2016
Lean waste-reduction program
40+ lean projects since 2016 across supply chain and waste management, targeting 8 types of system waste (overproduction, motion, defects, waiting, excess processing, inventory, non-utilized talent, transportation).