46. This Part applies to the operator of a public hospital classified as a class A, B or F hospital in Regulation 964 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990.
47. (1) The operator shall conduct a waste audit covering the waste generated by the operation of the hospital. The audit shall also address the extent to which materials or products used consist of recycled or reused materials or products.
(2) After conducting the waste audit, the operator shall prepare a written report of the audit.
(3) In every year following the initial waste audit, the operator shall update the audit and prepare an updated written report.
48. (1) The operator shall prepare a written waste reduction work plan, based on the waste audit, to reduce, reuse and recycle waste generated by the operation of the hospital.
(2) In every year following the preparation of the initial waste reduction work plan, the operator shall prepare an updated written plan.
49. The operator shall implement the waste reduction work plan as updated.
50. The waste reduction work plan shall include measures for communicating the plan to the operator’s employees who work at the hospital and, as a minimum, those measures shall require,
(a) that the plan or a summary be posted in places where most employees will see it; and
(b) if a summary is posted, that any employee who requests to look at the plan be allowed to do so.
