As part of our effort to promote responsible recycling of eWaste (computer and network equipment, electronic components, etc.) by Texas Medical Center member institutions, the TMC Sustainability Advisory Council is surveying those with knowledge of current practices at their institution. If you are involved in disposal of eWaste at a TMC member institution, please take a moment to complete our brief one page online survey. Your responses to this survey will help us develop recommendations for eWaste recycling best practices.
click here to complete our eWaste disposal survey

For information regarding disposal of eWaste using R2 certified and e-Stewards recyclers, see our Sustainability Resources page.

TMC SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL JOINS IN HOUSTON'S LARGEST 2011 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

On Saturday, April 23, 2011 the TMC Sustainability Advisory Council exhibited at Houston's largest Earth Day celebration. Council member volunteers informed event patrons about how the institutions of the Texas Medical Center work together to promote sustainability. More than 15,000 patraons attended this event at Discovery Green park.

Council volunteers also participated in the Earth Day celebration of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galvestion on Friday, April 29, 2011. The annual Earth Day celebration of this TMC Sustainability Advisory Council member institution inspired the Earth Day at the Texas Medical Center events hosted by the council in previous years.

The TMC Sustainability Advisory Council is one of the 21 advisory councils that have been formed over the years to address important issues in the Texas Medical Center. We evolved from the Houston Medical Center Recycling Collaborative, which grew out of a recycling initiative that began several years ago at Baylor College of Medicine. Our mission is to support the sustainability policy of each member institution, and facilitate a systematic process to identify sustainability opportunities, share best practices and serve as a coordinating body in the execution of TMC-wide sustainability initiatives. As the world’s largest medical center, the TMC has a population of students, health care professionals and other workers totaling more than 100,000 – about the same size as Berkeley, Calif.; Cambridge, Mass.; or Norman, Okla. To provide the broadest array of sustainability services to the medical center, the advisory council has four active work groups - Earth Day, Best Practices, Measurement and Outreach.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

1st Annual TMC eWaste Collection

Saturday, April 28, 2012
TMC South Extension Lot
1522 S. Breaswood Blvd. at William C. Harvin Blvd.

Monday, April 30, 2012
John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science
1515 Hermann Drive