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Remanufacturing Medical Devices Saves Hospitals $82M

Reprocessing and remanufacturing programs from Ascent Healthcare Solutions has saved its hospital partners more than $82 million in supply chain costs during the first half of 2009. The provider of healthcare resource sustainability services said this represents a 25 percent increase in savings over the first six months in 2008. In other news, healthcare providers are also seeking sustainability best practices through Practice Greenhealth. Read complete article.

Reuse is the slogan of tomorrow

The reuse part of the reduce-reuse-recycle trinity is the perhaps most important of all. This editorial takes a look at reuse as slogan of tomorrow. Read complete article.

Reuse Warehouse opens in Houston

Houston is among the growing number of cities offering a building materials reuse center. A $150,000 grant helped to created the Building Materials Reuse Warehouse. Construction workers or home builders can drop off extra ceiling fans, faucets or anything left over. The products then get a new home at a nonprofit organization instead of filling up the landfill. More than one-third of the waste in Houston is directly related to construction and demolition material. Read complete article.

Adopting a Reusable Lifestyle

In an effort to minimize their impact on the planet and to distance them from what they consider unrestrained consumerism, “freegans” live off of reusable materials that are cast off by society. They dress in secondhand clothes, furnish their homes with street finds, and utilize free reuse options such as freecycle.org and freemeets, where items are exchanged without money. Read complete article.

Green Entrepreneurs Launch New Business for Like-Minded Environmental Leaders

Finding office space can be difficult, especially if you are looking for an eco-minded work space. One local group, however, has made it much easier for entrepreneurs to acquire “green” spaces. Read full press release.

Member news: Build it Green, Voted One of New York’s Best!

Build It Green! NYC was featured this month in New York Magazine’s “Best Of” issue for “Best Affordable Salvage.” There are salvage stores with more-exhaustive inventories of antique lighting, windows, doors, and plumbing, but Build it Green! NYC specializes in goods that won’t blow your budget (from New York Mag). Congratulations to Justin, his hard working staff! Read complete article.

Member news: Lower East Side Ecology Center and Per Scholas, featured in New York Times

As the fate of a City Council bill requiring electronic waste recycling rests on the tip of Mayor Bloomberg’s pen, many New Yorkers have no idea where and how to dispose of unwanted electronic items. The Lower East Side Ecology Center and Per Scholas, are doing their part to help in the E-Waste effort. Read complete article.

NYC e-scrap program approved

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed into law a measure that makes the Big Apple the first U.S. city to compel electronics manufacturers to be responsible for the products they manufacture. Read complete article.

NY Governor issues Executive Order on Green Procurement

NY Governor Paterson signed an Executive Order establishing a ‘Green Procurement and Agency Sustainability Program’ to promote policies within New York State agencies and authorities that reduce the consumption of materials and energy and reduce potential impacts on public health and the environment. Read complete executive order.