Hospicycle Dock Space Guidelines

Materials Identification and Tracking

• First step is to identify the materials you are generating at each of the rooms.

• Second step is to account for how much and how frequently the material is been generated.

– These two steps will be easy to achieve if the hospital completed a Value Stream Map (VSM) of the process.

• On the next page you will find an example of how to track all your materials.

– Create a table with a list of all the materials that are generated at the different rooms.

– Give all the materials a unique number, for example: Plastics will be B, and cardboard will be G. Anytime you refer to B you know what material is that.

• Next page also provides an example on how to track quantities and frequency of movement

– Create a table listing the materials by number and account for the amount of material that is generated per room by shift/day/period, etc.

– The frequency is determined by you, depending on the schedule. Ex. Some hospitals pick up trash every 2 hours – so you need to account for how much is generated in that period of time (kg/2hrs).

• Slide #3 provides an example of the flow of materials.

– It is necessary to trace where the material’s going. Not all the materials have the same flow. Follow the materials flow, do not make assumptions.

– Identify any intermediate storage location, for how long stays there, and where it’s finally going.

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Guidance to use this document• The following information provides some guidance in the use of the tools included on

this presentation.

Dock Area

Example:Labor and Delivery

F E D

A B C

Identify materials generated by area and track approximate quantity and frequency

Room 2

F E D

A B C

Room 9

G H I

B C F

Room 1

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Example

# Material

A Laundry linensB PlasticsC TrashD Red Bag WasteE Pharma WasteF Other Recyclables

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Room 1

F E D

A B C

Room 3

F E D

A B C

Room 4

F E D

A B C

Room 2

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 3

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 4

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 9

# Quantity Frequency

BCFGHI

Room 7

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 5

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 6

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 8

# Quantity Frequency

ABCDEF

Room 8

F E D

A B C

Room 6

F E D

A B C

Room 5

F E D

A B C

Room 7

F E D

A B C

Dock Area

Cafeteria

G H I

B C F

Elevator

Dock Area

For Cafeteria

Intermediate station for

Cafeteria waste

B C F

Intermediate station for

waste coming from rooms

Elevator

Intermediate station for

waste coming from rooms

A B C

A B C

Daily x 2 collection of waste D

Daily x 2 collection of waste D

Daily x 2 collection of waste D

Daily x 2 collection of waste D

Intermediate station for waste D

F E

F E

Intermediate station

for Cafeteria w

aste

G

H

I

Transfer of Materials (Example of waste flow)Please note that amounts per waste stream were not included since this is only an example (it is key to have approximate numbers).

*For the purpose of this example Waste D is Red Bag Waste and the flow is shown with the green line.

Room 1

F E D

A B C

Room 2

F E D

A B C

Room 3

F E D

A B C

Room 4

F E D

A B C

Room 6

F E D

A B C

Room 5

F E D

A B C

Room 7

F E D

A B C

Identify the dock that is most suitable for your recycling program based on:• Proximity to recycling activities• Proximity to existing recycling equipment such as balers, dumpsters, compactors,

totes, etc.• Availability of space within the dock and the adjacent areas• Ease of access for internal transfer of recyclables.• Ease of access for the recyclers

The following layouts show some examples of the amount of space that will be required from your dock space for your recycling program. In addition to this space, please consider internal space for segregation, processing, storage and transfer. Also consider adjacent exterior areas and the flow of materials between each area. The boxes represent equipment that might need to be considered.

Reduced Spaces

Medium Spaces

Large Spaces4

Scenario 1: Reduced Spaces

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Scenario 2: Reduced Spaces

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Scenario 3: Medium Space

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Scenario 4: Medium Space

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Scenario 5: Large Space