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Food Waste
10% of hospital waste is food-related waste. Composting food waste or introducing waste reduction technology can provide dramatic cost-savings.
Food waste that ends up in landfills breaks down anaerobically and produces methane, a primary greenhouse gas. Finished compost can be used as a soil amendment in place of synthetic fertilizers, keeping harmful chemicals out of our water, food, and environment.
Service Ware
Plastic service ware produces significant waste, uses petroleum products for manufacture, and leaches toxins when heated and during breakdown. Styrofoam has been banned within the city of Seattle due to its deadly impact on sea life, and several other towns are discussing similar bans.
Use of reusable service ware (ceramic, glass, metal) and alternative bio-based products can cut down on waste and pollution.
Bio-based products are made with materials such as corn, potatoes, sugar cane waste and perennial grasses and can often be composted.
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As you read this the chemical and toy industries are fighting tooth and nail to block legislation that would help prevent diseases like childhood cancer. Our only chance of moving forward this year is to rally around the Senate bill. We can still win protections for Washington’s children, but, not if we stay silent.
Children and families across Washington State need the voices of healthcare professionals to speak up and demand our government update our nation’s failed, thirty year old chemicals law by supporting a strong version of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010! Click here to sign on!
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »
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