Watch this video to learn how you can be an environmental steward at the University of Michigan
by recycling!
January 2020: University of Michigan Health (UMH)
partnered with a new recycling vendor servicing their main
medical campus. The new vendor was selected for their ability to help us
to help UMH achieve sustainability goals. Thus far, the vendor has helped
UMH expand single stream recycling and construction & demolition recycling
capabilities. UMH will continue to look for other unique recycling
opportunities with the new vendor.
January 2020: UMH began a
unique process of collecting post-consumer compost (leftover food from
patient trays) in Univesity Hospital (UH) and C.S. Mott Children's and
Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital (C&W). UMH is exploring additional
composting pilots within several administrative buildings.
December 2019: Blue Wrap Recycling
in C&W. Blue Wrap is a #5 polypropylene plastic used to maintain the
sterility of surgical instruments prior to use in the operating room. UMH is
partnering with a vendor to reprocess the Blue Wrap to create medical grade
plastic products. Waste reduction from their operating rooms is a major focus
of UMH, and reducing the amount of Blue Wrap going to landfill helps them
pursue that goal. UMH plans to expand to more hospital buildings in the
coming months.
December 2019: UMH began collecting pre-consumer compost in the UH patient food operation.
2019: UMH expanded pre-consumer composting efforts to vendor operated
cafeterias located within UH, North Ingalls (NIB), and the Kellogg Eye
Center buildings.
2016: UMH began collecting pre-consumer compost within
the patient food kitchen of C&W in 2016.
2013: Removed styrofoam from retail food operations.
