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Green
IS AN IMPORTANT COLOR
at
SSM
A famous frog once sang: “It’s not easy
bein’ green.” That’s never stopped SSM Health Care
from establishing a reputation for protecting the environment.
In 1990, Sister Mary Jean Ryan, FSM, Chair
and CEO of SSM, required all our entities to establish
a Preservation of the Earth (POE) Committee which encourages
education and efforts on environmental issues. About the same time,
she banned the use of Styrofoam cups throughout SSM. Since then,
the purchase of plastic bottles within SSM has been ended and millions
of pounds of materials have been recycled (see totals below).
It requires vigilance, hard work and planning
to be green, but as Sister Mary Jean once said:
“We have learned that we cannot apply the
most advanced medical technology to cure
people’s illnesses and then send them home to
heal in an unhealthy environment.”
Read about some of our green efforts.
Black-eyed Susans at SSM
St. Clare Health Center, Fenton,
Mo. The hospital was designed
to bring the outside in, taking
advantage of its beautiful natural
setting and using nature to heal.
SSM Recycling Roundup
From 2001-2009 SSM Health Care has
recycled 33,615,905 lbs. of paper, cardboard,
aluminum/steel, glass and plastic.
That equates to saving the following:
• 1,941,535 trees
• 6,251,722,535 gallons of oil
• 115,163,309,849 gallons of water
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