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Batesville, AR· White River Health· 235 beds

White River Medical Center

White River Medical Center is the flagship campus of White River Health, serving north central Arkansas across a largely rural service area. The hospital is advancing cafeteria food-waste composting, OR clinical recycling, single-use device reprocessing, and anesthetic gas reduction while serving a community-based patient population.

Food waste compostingOR wasteReprocessingAnesthetic gasRural health
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Stated commitments

Goals & progress

Divert cafeteria and patient food waste
Target Zero food waste to landfill by 2032 · baseline 2024 · Cafeteria and patient meal composting with regional Arkansas partners
On track
20% of the way to goal6 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 20%Projected 39.1%
+19.1 pts
Est. 84 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
Contributing solutions

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Expand clinical recycling and reprocessing
Target 25% OR waste diversion by 2030 · baseline 2024 · Blue wrap, clean plastics, and single-use device reprocessing across surgical suites
On track
25% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 25%Projected 53.5%
+28.5 pts
Est. 134 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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Reduce high-GWP anesthetic gas use
Target Eliminate desflurane by 2028 · baseline 2023 · OR formulary shift to lower-GWP anesthetics
On track
45% of the way to goal2 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 45%Projected 59.3%
+14.3 pts
Est. 92 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
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Cut greenhouse gas emissions
Target 35% reduction by 2030 · baseline 2020 · Scope 1 and 2 emissions across the Batesville campus
On track
25% of the way to goal4 yrs remaining
Projected impact if deployed
Current 25%Projected 43.6%
+18.6 pts
Est. 88 tons/yr of waste diverted across the matched solutions.
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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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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Waste reduction projects

Food wasteSince 2024
Cafeteria food waste composting
Diverts back-of-house cafeteria organics from landfill via regional compost partner
RecyclingSince 2024
OR blue wrap recycling
Sterile wrap diverted from landfill across surgical suites
ReprocessingSince 2023
Single use device reprocessing
Reprocessed surgical devices to cut single-use plastic spend in a community OR
Pharma wasteSince 2024
Desflurane phase-out
Removing desflurane from OR formulary to cut high-GWP anesthetic emissions