H2E - Florida Pollution Prevention Program &

Hazardous Waste Management

We encourage you to become a partner of Hospitals for a Healthy Environment. By pledging to become a partner, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) will provide you the best resources available, including hands on technical assistance and guidance at no cost.

Collaborative Effort

The P2 Program and the Department’s Hazardous Waste Management Section have partnered to help Florida’s hospitals reach the goals developed by the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment initiative.

H2E Goals

• Virtually eliminating mercury-containing waste from health care facilities' waste streams by 2005
• Reducing the overall volume of waste (both regulated and non-regulated waste) by 33 percent by 2005 and by 50 percent by 2010
• Identifying hazardous substances for pollution prevention and waste reduction opportunities, including hazardous chemicals and persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants

	Florida H2E Partners (Current as of March 31, 2006)
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center Aventura, Florida		Baptist Health System Jacksonville, Florida
Blake Medical Center Bradenton, Florida		Brandon Hospital Brandon, Florida
Cape Canaveral Hospital Cocoa Beach, Florida		Cape Coral Hospital Cape Coral, Florida
Capital Regional Medical Center Tallahassee, Florida		Cedars Medical Center Miami, Florida
Central Florida Regional Hospital Sanford, Florida		Columbia Hospital West Palm Beach, Florida
Community Hospital of New Port Richey New Port Richey, Florida		Coral Springs Medical Center Coral Springs, Florida
Edward White Hospital St. Petersburg, Florida		Englewood Community Hospital, Inc. Englewood, Florida
Fawcett Memorial Hospital Port Charlotte, Florida		Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Gulf Coast Hospital Fort Myers, Florida		Gulf Coast Medical Center Panama City, Florida
Health Park Medical Center Fort Myers, Florida		Holmes Regional Medical Center Melbourne, Florida
Homestead Hospital Homestead, Florida		Imperial Point Medical Center Fort Lauderdale, Florida
JFK Medical Center Atlantis, Florida		Kendall Regional Medical Center Miami, Florida
Lake City Medical Center Lake City, Florida		Largo Medical Center Largo, Florida
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center Ft Pierce, Florida		Lee Memorial Hospital Fort Myers, Florida
Medical Center of Port St Lucie Port St Lucie, Florida		Memorial Hospital Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida
NCH Healthcare System Naples, Florida		North Broward Hospital District Fort Lauderdale, Florida
North Broward Medical Center Pompano Beach, Florida		North Florida Regional Medical Center Gainesville, Florida
Northside Hospital & Heart Institute St Petersburg, Florida		Northwest Medical Center Margate, Florida
Oak Hill Hospitals Springhill, Florida		Ocala Regional/ West Marion Community Hospital Ocala, Florida
Orange Park Medical Center Orange Park, Florida		Osceola Regional Medical Center Kissimmee, Florida
Palm Bay Community Hospital Palm Bay, Florida		Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee, Florida
Plantation General Hospital Plantation, Florida		Raulerson Hospital Okeechobee, Florida
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point Hudson, Florida		Sarasota Doctor's Hospital Sarasota, Florida
Shands at Lake Shore, Inc Lake City, Florida		Shands Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida
South Bay Hospital Sun City Center, Florida		Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center Fort Myers, Florida
St. Petersburg General Hospital St. Petersburg, Florida		Sun Coast Hospital Largo, Florida
Thagard Student Health Center Tallahassee, Florida		Twin Cities Hospital Niceville, Florida
University Hospital and Medical Center Tamarac, Florida		Veterans Administration - Bay Pines, Florida Bay Pines, Florida
Veterans Administration - James A. Haley VA Medical Center Tampa, Florida		Veterans Administration - West Palm Beach West Palm Beach, Florida
West Florida Hospital Pensacola, Florida		Westside Regional Medical Center Plantation, Florida
Miami VA Health Care System Miami, Florida		NF/SG Veterans Health System Lake City, Florida
NF/SG Veterans Health System Gainesville, Florida		Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Sarasota, Florida

Florida H2E Program Contact Information

Laurie Tenace       Hazardous Waste Management
Aprilia Graves       Pollution Prevention Program

County Solid Waste, Recycling, Hazardous Waste and Pollution Prevention Contacts

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Learn More About How Other Facilities Have Benefited

Success Stories

Important Links

Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
http://www.h2e-online.org

Healthcare Without Harm
http://www.noharm.org

Environmental Self-Assessment Checklist for Health Care Facilities
http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/esahcf.pdf

Sustainable Hospitals project from the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
http://www.sustainablehospitals.org

Great Lakes – mercury specific 
http://www.epa.gov/seahome/mercury_disclaim.html

Information gathered from a survey of 50 hospitals generated information about waste treatment and reduction, and toxics reduction, including mercury and PVC.
http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/greening/greenpr.html

An informative guide to “green” cleaning and maintenance practices which provide efficient, productive and healthy operation of commercial buildings in Florida.
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Notes for Technical Assistance Providers