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Press Releases and Articles:

1) Plastics from Hazardous Sharps: The Green Shoots of …Recycling
2) DaVita to Launch Dialyzer Recycling Pilot Project through Collaboration with Waste Management and BD
3) Healthcare Purchasing News August, 2011: Go Green to Avoid Seeing, Turning Red
4) BD and Waste Management Launch Initiative to Recycle Medical Sharps
5) BD and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego Announce Innovative Pilot Project to Reduce Environmental Impact of Sharps Disposal

1) Plastics from Hazardous Sharps: The Green Shoots of …Recycling

The healthcare industry lags behind other sectors in terms of plastic recycling — heavy regulation forces hospitals to incinerate biohazardous waste. But surging through the smog of burnt plastic comes ecoFinity Life Cycle Solution, an award winning closed loop recycling scheme from BD in the USA which recovers, recycles and reuses up to 70% of a facility’s sharps waste. Sam Anson, a self confessed recycling nerd, spoke to Ranjeet Banerjee, vice president and general manager of BD’s Medical Surgical Systems unit — the man behind their scheme.
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2) DaVita to Launch Dialyzer Recycling Pilot Project through Collaboration with Waste Management and BD
Dialyzer Recycling Pilot in 106 Southern California DaVita Facilities Expects to Be the First of Its Kind in North America

DENVER (Aug. 2, 2011) – DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced the company is leveraging the expertise of WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM), and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) to launch a dialyzer recycling pilot in 106 DaVita® dialysis clinics in Southern California. This recycling pilot project is expected to be the first of its kind in North America.
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3) Go Green to Avoid Seeing, Turning Red

How do infection preventionists balance an environmental strategy without compromising quality outcomes and service or bruising the bottom line? It’s not quite the tightrope act it once was, because products and technology are evolving to meet the needs, thanks to vendors who understand the problem. One such vendor is BD Medical-Medical Surgical Systems. Ranjeet Banerjee, vice president, told Healthcare Purchasing News: "The infection preventionists’ role is to support the hospital’s sustainability efforts and ensure there is no compromise to infection prevention."
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4) BD and Waste Management Launch Initiative to Recycle Medical Sharps
Program Can Help Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities Achieve Sustainability Goals

Contact: Barbara Kalavik BD Public Relations
(201) 847-4209
Email: barbara_kalavik@bd.com

Franklin Lakes, NJ (April 13, 2011) – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) and Waste Management Healthcare Solutions, a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM), today announced an agreement to recycle medical sharps waste from hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The companies are jointly launching the BD ecoFinity^® Life Cycle Solution, an innovative service that will recycle medical sharps waste and utilize the material to manufacture new products.

Single-use medical devices such as needles and syringes provide clear clinical and public health benefits. However, hospitals are increasingly concerned with reducing waste and avoiding unnecessary costs. Drawing upon Waste Management’s expertise in the collection and management of medical waste and BD’s leadership as a global medical technology company, the BD ecoFinity program will enable hospitals to reduce their environmental footprint and avoid additional costs without compromising patient care. To learn more, visit www.bd.com/ecofinity.

“Our unique integrated environmental solutions increase value by managing materials more efficiently to help lower the costs for our healthcare customers, while maintaining safety and compliance standards,” said Mike McInerney, vice president of WM Healthcare Solutions. “We are pleased to be collaborating with BD to move forward our shared vision of safety and sustainability.”

“BD’s long-term objective is to reduce the environmental impacts of our products at each stage of the life cycle,” said Bill Kozy, executive vice president, BD. “The collaboration between Waste Management and BD will help healthcare facilities reduce the materials that go into disposal, and aligns with BD's sustainability vision to reduce the environmental footprint of medication delivery. We are also working to reduce the use of raw materials, increase the use of recycled materials in new products, and manufacture products in a more sustainable manner.”

Based on results of a pilot program at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, BD believes that more than 70 percent of its overall sharps waste may ultimately be recovered and recycled rather than be permanently disposed of in landfills. This program builds upon BD's sustainability commitment, which has been recognized for achievements in environmental stewardship.

In Newsweek’s 2010 “Green Rankings” of the 500 largest U.S. corporations, BD ranked 2nd in the Healthcare sector and 24th overall. As part of its commitment to sustainability, BD’s worldwide headquarters and three of the Company’s U.S. manufacturing sites are offsetting 100 percent of their electricity use with renewable energy through green power purchases and renewable energy credits. To learn more about BD’s commitment to environmental stewardship, visit www.bd.com/sustainability.

This agreement with BD complements Waste Management’s comprehensive waste services in the areas of recycling, landfill, waste-to-energy and consulting services. The alliance will also help Waste Management meet its sustainability goals: nearly tripling the amount of recyclables it processes by 2020, and investing in emerging technologies for managing waste.

About Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is the largest residential recycler in North America as well as a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com or www.thinkgreen.com. For more information about WM’s commitment to environmental sustainability, visit www.wm.com/sustainability.

About BD

BD, a leading global medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents, is dedicated to improving people’s health throughout the world. BD is focused on improving drug therapy, enhancing the quality and speed of diagnosing infectious diseases, and advancing research and discovery of new drugs and vaccines. The Company’s capabilities are instrumental in combating many of the world’s most pressing diseases. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, BD employs approximately 29,000 associates in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The Company serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. For more information, please visit www.bd.com.

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5) BD and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego Announce Innovative Pilot Project to Reduce Environmental Impact of Sharps Disposal
“Cradle to cradle” approach addresses every stage of a product’s lifecycle

Contact: Colleen T. White
Corporate Communications
(201) 847-5369
Email: colleen_white@bd.com

Franklin Lakes, NJ and San Diego, CA (January 24, 2011) — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego today announced that they have implemented an innovative pilot program at the Hospital that is designed to safely divert a significant percentage of BD sharps waste from landfills and utilize the recycled materials.

Single-use, disposable medical devices such as needles and syringes provide clear clinical and public health benefits, including protecting patients and healthcare workers from the spread of infections. However, disposal of these devices may create unintended environmental concerns, and unnecessary costs. BD is committed to seeking innovative sustainability solutions to address the environmental impact of disposal without compromising patient care. One approach BD is exploring to manage its disposable medical device products is a comprehensive “cradle to cradle” program, addressing every stage of a product’s lifecycle. This entails recycling waste materials and utilizing them to manufacture new products rather than permanently disposing of them in a landfill.

“The connections between human health and a healthy environment are inseparable. BD is committed to reducing our environmental impacts and supporting our customers and suppliers to do the same,” said Bill Kozy, Executive Vice President, BD. “Rady Children’s Hospital shares our commitment to sustainability, and we commend it for its leadership in participating in this important pilot program.”

“This environmentally-friendly solution to disposing of sharps wastes falls perfectly in line with our hospital initiatives to reduce, reuse and recycle,” said Randy Veenstra, Green Team leader at Rady Children’s. “We estimate that, thanks to this program, 38,000 pounds of sharps waste that might have been sent to a landfill will be recycled.”

Based on initial tests, BD believes that more than 70% of its overall sharps waste may ultimately be recovered and recycled for use in new products. This novel pilot program, developed in collaboration with Waste Management (WM), the largest waste management and recycling company in North America, uses BD Sharps Containers as natural, convenient aggregation points for the collection of sharps waste. Waste Management collects filled sharps containers at the hospital, transports the material to a nearby WM facility, safely treats it to eliminate any potential biohazard and sends it to a local recycling company for raw material recovery. BD then incorporates these post-hospital recycled materials, along with recycled materials from other sources, into the making of new BD Recykleen™ container products. BD plans to sell excess recycled materials that cannot be used in BD products to other recyclers.

This product stewardship program builds upon BD's sustainability commitment, which has been recognized for achievements in environmental stewardship. In Newsweek’s 2010 “Green Rankings” of the 500 largest U.S. corporations, BD ranked 2nd in the Healthcare sector and 24th overall. Additionally, BD has been a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and DJSI North America for five and six consecutive years, respectively. Inclusion in DJSI World puts BD in the top 10 percent of companies in the healthcare sector assessed for sustainability leadership. BD was one of only ten organizations nationwide to receive a 2010 Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Green Power Purchase category. BD's worldwide headquarters in Franklin Lakes, NJ, and three of the Company's U.S. manufacturing sites are offsetting 100 percent of their electricity use with renewable energy through green power purchases and renewable energy credits (RECs), placing BD at #20 on the U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership's National Top 50 list.

To learn more about BD’s commitment to environmental stewardship, please visit http://www.bd.com/sustainability.

About BD

About Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego

Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, the largest children’s hospital in California, is a 442-bed pediatric care facility providing the largest source of comprehensive pediatric medical services in San Diego, Southern Riverside and Imperial counties. Rady Children’s is the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and is the region’s only designated pediatric trauma center. On October 10, 2010, Rady Children's opened the Acute Care Pavilion, a LEED-Certified (green) building that is home to the incredible new Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, the state-of-the-art Warren Family Surgical Center, and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that cares for our community’s most fragile newborns. In 2001, Rady Children’s formed an affiliation agreement with the University of California-San Diego to unify pediatric patient care, research, education, and community service programs on the Rady Children’s campus. In August 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rady Children’s among the nation’s best in five pediatric specialties. For more information, visit www.rchsd.org.