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Green Star Awardee Success Stories

Providence Alaska Medical Center

3200 Providence Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 Contact: David Keith 562-2211 dkeith@provak.org		1923 employees Green Star Award Date: March 15, 2006 www.providence.org/alaska
		Providence Alaska Medical Center received its Green Star Award on March 15, 2006. Al Parrish (left), Vice President and CEO of Providence Health Systems Alaska, accepted the Green Star Award on behalf of Providence Alaska Medical Center. The Award was presented during a tour hosted by Providence showcasing its recent pollution prevention initiatives and resulting cost savings. During the tour at Providence, Darin Hargraves, the Environmental Services manager at Providence, shared that, in working closely with Alaska Waste and other vendors, the facility achieved savings in excess of $65,800 during 2005. These savings were obtained through a variety of programs including recycling mixed paper, shredding and recycling confidential materials instead of incinerating, and reducing waste hauls through repairs and upgrades to collection equipment.

Providence Hospital has implemented numerous initiatives ranging from sending medical equipment and supplies for reuse to developing countries, to recovering waste heat from the laundry to pre-heat wash water. Providence also is a "mercury-safe" facility in which most mercury sources have been eliminated.

Photo by "From the Far Corners Photography