| | STERICYCLE: LIVING UP TO ITS MISSION? AN ENVIRONMENTAL |
| | 0,94 | | MB | HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF THE NATION’S LARGEST MEDICAL |
| | 54 | | stron | WASTE COMPANY |
| | 4052 | | ID | Health Care Without Harm |
| | 2002 | | rok |
| | I. The Purpose of this Report 1 |
| | II. Assessing Stericycle's Growth into a Medical Waste Giant.3 |
| | A. Opportunities for Growth.4 |
| | B. International Markets 4 |
| | C. Potential Limits to Growth: Hospitals May Have Economical Alternatives to Stericycle.5 |
| | D. Potential Limits to Growth: Quality of Services5 |
| | III. Assessing Stericycle's Efforts to Reduce the Volume and Toxicity of Waste 7 |
| | A. Problems in the Segregation of Hazardous Chemicals 8 |
| | B. Promoting the Use of Less Toxic Health Care Products.9 |
| | C. Promoting Recycling.10 |
| | D. Contracts to Promote the Reduction of Waste Volume and Toxicity .10 |
| | E. Recommendations for Stericycle's Efforts to Reduce the Volume and Toxicity of Waste .11 |
| | IV. Assessing Stericycle's Efforts to Eliminate Incineration 13 |
| | A. Alternative Technologies Available to Stericycle.13 |
| | B. Stericycle's Use of Incineration.14 |
| | C. Does Stericycle Need Incineration to Manage Waste Safely?15 |
| | D. Are Stericycle Incinerators that Meet the New EPA Standards Safe? 17 |
| | E. Incineration of Residues from Other Waste Treatment Technologies .18 |
| | F. Factors Influencing Stericycle's Reliance on Incineration 20 |
| | G. Recommendations for Stericycle's Efforts to Eliminate Incineration .23 |
| | V. Assessing Stericycle's Efforts to Protect Workers and Communities From Pathogens 25 |
| | A. Serious Concerns About Pathogen Containment and Worker Safety25 |
| | B. Recommendations to Stericycle to Protect Workers and Communities 28 |
| | VI. Assessing Stericycle's Efforts to Minimize the Impact of its Facilities and |
| | Adhere to the Principles of Environmental Justice when Siting Facilities .29 |
| | A. Recommendations to Stericycle to Minimize the Impact of its Facilities |
| | and Adhere to the Principles of Environmental Justice when Siting Facilities .32 |
| | VII. Conclusion.33 |
| | Endnotes ..35 |
| | Appendices |
| | 1. Stericycle Facilities: map and list of locations .37 |
| | 2. Stericycle Acquisitions .39 |
| | 3. Correspondence between HCWH and Stericycle 41 |