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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced the final rules that will help reduce methane emissions in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. New, modified and existing landfills will soon begin capturing and controlling landfill gas emissions at levels that

Healthcare, as we know it, is simply not sustainable. With growing realities including escalating costs shifting market access models; stakeholder and regulatory scrutiny; low patient trust; and an evolving physical environment threatening human health — the industry needs to make

Hundreds of changemakers from hospitals, health systems and medical products and supplier companies gathered in Dallas to learn and compare notes at the 13th CleanMed Conference in May, 2016. CleanMed is the nation’s largest conference focusing on sustainability in healthcare. Every

The power of people, organizations & legislators working together gain momentum in efforts to divert pharmaceuticals from waterways, landfills and from falling into the hands of abusers. Click here to read the article.

Walgreens shows leadership with the first national effort of its kind by a retailer to reduce drug abuse, misuse and accidental overdose which reduces drugs and their impact on the environment.  Congratulations Walgreens for launching a safe medication disposal program with

Opening Day Speech from House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D-Boulder) “Protecting our Colorado way of life means protecting our environment.” We have no more time for silly debates. The climate is changing, we are causing it, the consequences are alarming

Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response with a view to accelerate the

According to the state Department of Public Health and Environment, fewer than half of Colorado’s 64 counties have recycling programs. Only 11 percent of its waste is recycled which is far below the national average of 34 percent, according to

All health care facilities would be banned from flushing drugs among other changes in a proposed rule. Stop flushing pills down the toilet! That’s the message behind a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that would ban health care

In the daily rush to save lives, hospitals produce a surprising amount of toxic waste. Here is one environmental advocate’s quest to detox the healthcare sector. http://ideas.ted.com/the-toxic-footprint-of-our-hospitals/