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Healthcare Plastics Recycling: Making It Happen at Your Hospital

It can feel like quite a challenge to set up a new hospital recycling program that includes plastic from patient care areas. Fortunately, the know-how is available and HPRC is here to help. Successful operation of such a recycling effort can significantly increase the amount of material recycled. As much as one-fifth of a hospital’s waste can be prevented from going to a land fill or incinerator, according to studies of waste generation and recycling.

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Collaborating to Crack U.S. Food Waste

Eggs are on my grocery list every week. And, like most shoppers, I open the carton to peek for broken eggs before I place it in my cart.

Volunteering & Community

Nearly 100 Diageo Employees Refresh Stamford’s Mill River Park on Earth Day

Diageo North America this week continued the company’s long standing tradition of community service by enabling nearly 100 employees from its North American headquarters to perform a full day of volunteer service at Mill River Park in Stamford, Connecticut. Employee volunteers were from Diageo North America’s finance team, which has held a large-scale annual community service event in the area for the past eleven years.

Health & Healthcare

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council Launches New Website

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), announced today the debut of its new website. Key features of the site include a refreshed design, more engaging user experience, enhanced content, and optimization for mobile devices. The website redesign comes as HPRC nears its five year anniversary.

Environment

Will the World's Next Wars be Fought Over Water?

California’s ongoing drought is one sign that we have entered some uncharted and uncomfortable territory. Of the fears that have risen alongside a warming planet, perhaps none have attracted more attention than the "water wars" hypothesis.

Environment

The Only Alternative to Water Is Water: Blue Peace for the 21st Century

Until a year ago, serious tensions were mounting in northeastern Africa. Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia were confronted over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the border of Ethiopia and Sudan. Ethiopia had started building the dam, claiming its rights to use waters of the Nile River within its territory. Egypt, “the gift of the Nile” objected, fearing that the dam would obstruct the flow of the river to its fields.

Environment

The U.S. Water Partnership and Its Partners Make Commitments to The White House Water Summit

Yesterday Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Vice Chair of the U.S. Water Partnership’s National Executive Committee, announced the U.S. Water Partnership (USWP)’s commitments to the White House Water Summit. Ambassador Dobriansky joined with USWP partners Blue Legacy International, Global Water Challenge, The Water Council and Xylem Inc. to announce collective actions intended to promote new technology solutions and engage stakeholders across the country to elevate water as a national priority.

Environment

The U.S. Water Partnership and Atlantic Council Elevate Water as a National Priority

Leaders from around the world gathered yesterday at the Global Water Security Summit to encourage the U.S. to elevate water as a national priority. Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Vice Chair of the U.S. Water Partnership’s National Executive Committee, announced the launch of a U.S.-Global Water Security Grand Strategy, led by the Atlantic Council and the U.S. Water Partnership. The strategy will articulate a “whole of America” approach to improving coordination and cooperation among the broader U.S. water sector to address pressing global water challenges and will be available by December 2016.

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