The pressure for suppliers of healthcare IT and medical devices to "go green" is not limited to European initiatives like RoHS and WEEE. Here are some U.S. initiatives having an impact:

• Healthcare mega-provider Kaiser Permanente is reported to have a policy of requiring vendors to list potentially harmful chemicals contained in its medical devices during the RFP process.
• The organization Healthcare without Harm has initiatives for medical device lifecycle and disposal issues and is a co-sponsor of a healthcare industry white paper "How to Buy Better Computers: Going Beyond EPEAT"

More advanced concepts include: