the hospital in pa, now employees waste manager michelle schmidt. his job is to get waste volume and disposal costs under control. his methods are now being emulated by other clinics across the country. okay. the crowns the males. of course, our primary task is patient care and safety. however, waste volume has risen more and more in importance for a number of well documented reasons. he'd i'm the disposable of waste as climate. but disposal infrastructure hasn't grown with it. is this damage was myschoolbucks, and in order to establish a system of sustainable separation, schmitz realized that waste streams needed to be digit, alive to staff. now know exactly what waste is generated, where and report quickly when there are problems with separation or with disposal companies. you can also, and now we know our waste disposal and recycling streams at the hospital very well and tried to optimize them as much as possible. the good thing is that we not only save resources but also lower costs. so currently the hospital is saving around $100000.00 euros a