Environmental, Health Safety
NorDx is committed to:
- Recognizing and preventing workplace and environmental hazards
- Involving our employees and our community in the creation of a safe & healthy workplace for the protection of staff, patients, visitors, & the environment
- Continuously improving our processes for prevention and reduction of injury/illness and pollution prevention
- Complying with environmental, health, & safety laws, regulations and other requirements
Program Participation
NorDx proudly continues to be an environmental business leader through program participation and partnership with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
- Governor's Carbon Challenge, member since 2004
- Maine Environmental Leaders Program - Smart Growth through Smart Production (formerly STEP-UP), member since 2002
- Environmental Management System Implementation participant
- Toxics & Hazardous Waste Reduction program participant
Environmental Awards
- Maine Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence, 2002, 2004
- E.P.A., New England Region, Environmental Merit Award, 2005
"Greening of NorDx"
- Carpooling initiative for staff
- Teleconferencing for meetings
- Fuel efficient courier fleet, including a hybrid vehicle
- Anti-idling policy for courier fleet
- Single stream recycling for cardboard, metals, plastic, paper
- Cell phone and battery recycling
- Confidential materials shredding and recycling
- Scanning of documents
- Reduction in hazardous materials and chemicals
- Onsite solvent recycling
- Elimination of mercury reagents and mercury added products
- Computer shut off program