Green

It seems crazy or ironic or funny that everywhere, everyone, everything is going "green", reducing, reusing, recycling, EXCEPT at hospitals and medical facilities. And I am not even talking about items like syringes and medical waste, contaminated stuff, but the bottles her milk and sterile water come in. These items they throw away. In the trash. With the dirty paper towels and food items, etc. there is no attempt to recycle these items. Probably it is more expensive than just throwing them away. It isn't just plastic items either. Water, rubber gloves, paper towels, etc. they don't mess around here! Cleanliness and speed definitely more important. I am not suggesting that recycling is the answer or a better way for the medical community, just that it feels unnatural to see everything tossed as garbage when outside in the "real world" I feel guilty if I throw away a soda lid or use an entire paper towel instead of half of one.