Resources

Recycling Visual Assessment Tool

This is a simple tool to help you identify problems and priority areas in the recycling system at your site. It will also help you track progress and measure success!
Why are there limits to recycling in health care?

This RRP resources helps health care staff understand the limitations the recycling in health care.
Actions to Reduce Contamination in Recycling Bins

This resource provides concrete actions that should be taken by staff at acute and residential care sites to reduce contamination in recycling bins.
Recycling Education

Below are a collection of educational resources that will help you better understand recycling in Lower Mainland hospitals and residential care sites:
Where Does Our Recycling Go?

When we are out visiting sites and talking to staff, we often get the question, “What happens to the recycling once it leaves our site?” Well, this document answers that question!
CEO Messages on Leadership, Climate Resilience and Sustainability
Investing in Climate Resilient Health Facilities & Operational Services

Extreme weather events multiply and amplify the impacts of climate change on health service delivery.
EES (GreenCare) Design Guidelines

The Energy and Environmental Sustainability team (EES) has created the "EES Design Guidelines" for new construction & major renovation projects.
Exploring the Connection Between the Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit and (LEED) version 4.0 for Building Design and Construction

Project teams are now supported by a new resource during the planning and design stages of development projects. The resource, Exploring the Connection Between the Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) version 4.0 for Building Design and Construction, assists building project stakeholders to match desired health-related outcomes with LEED credits, thereby establishing healthy built environments that support human health while also supporting environmental goals.
2018-19 Fraser Health Strategic Energy Management Plan (SEMP)

The FH 2018‐19 (F19) SEMP is a foundational document of the Energy & Environmental Sustainability within Lower Mainland Facilities Management and reports on past, current, and forecasted energy consumption and conservation projects within Fraser Health.