Farmington hospital aims to be model for recycling

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officials at one hospital in northwestern New Mexico say they're having success with energy efficiency and recycling programs. A decade in the making, San Juan Regional Medical Center's efforts have resulted in an annual reduction of 200 tons of waste being taken to the landfill and a total savings of $2 million to the hospital. The hospital's marketing manager, Roberta Rogers, says the programs have been so effective that San Juan Regional hopes to become a model for other organizations. The hospital in 2007 established its so-called Green Team, which meets quarterly to discuss waste-reduction ideas. Aside from recycling and building a solar array, The Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2i3wneS that the hospital also delivers composted food waste to the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center south of Farmington.