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A health organisation without environmental responsibilities...

Posted By Environmentalist

"A health organisation without environmental responsibilities?"

About: Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital

(as a staff member),

Walking into Sydney Eye Hospital, incites the feeling that you have just walked into a Harry Potter novel. The building is stunning. The architecture is top notch. However, this is not a story about design or even healthcare-related. Not directly anyways. 

Public institutions are generally held to a higher responsibility for protecting the environment and adhering to at the very least, basic guidelines and regulations around recycling. Not once, have I been able to find a paper recycling bin or a plastic recycling bin in all of that hospital, and I cringe to watch staff blatantly throw recyclable materials into the garbage. 

I have been to public health facilities around the world and no where have I found the safe and responsible disposal of recyclable material worse than in Australia. 
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Response from Jennie Barry, General Manager, Prince of Wales/Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital 5 years ago
Jennie Barry
General Manager,
Prince of Wales/Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital

Submitted on 4/05/2018 at 2:53 PM
Published on Care Opinion at 3:13 PM

Dear Environmentalist

Thank you for your valuable feedback, we agree the historical buildings that make up Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital are stunning. I acknowledge your observation on responsible recycling and apparent lack in this facility. Although recycling may not be visible in the clinical areas you visited, there is a recycling program across the site. Your feedback on this matter is very valuable and from your ‘fresh’ perspective, we can review our current program for improvements.

Kind regards

Jennie

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Update posted by Environmentalist (a staff member)

Hi Jennie,

Thanks very much for your response.

I am actually referring not to the clinical areas, but instead to the buildings at Sydney Eye where South Eastern Sydney Local Health District staff work. Particularly the meeting rooms like the Executive Board room. I had to take recycling home after a meeting at this facility.

Do you know if and where recycling bins are located? I think they should logically be in each room.

Response from Jennie Barry, General Manager, Prince of Wales/Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital 5 years ago
Jennie Barry
General Manager,
Prince of Wales/Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital

Submitted on 10/05/2018 at 4:11 PM
Published on Care Opinion at 4:13 PM

Dear Environmentalist

Thank you for the clarification and observation. I will be in contact with the manager responsible for waste management to ensure all meeting rooms have appropriate recycling options available.

Kind regards

Jennie

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