Newton Medical Center has earned a Best Practice designation for Environmental Excellence for its work in reducing medical waste sent to landfills. The national award was from SterilMed Inc., a Minnesota-based healthcare cost containment company and reprocessor of single-use medical devices. "At Newton Medical Center, our patients' quality of life is our biggest priority, and that does not end at the hospital doors," said James Weadick, CEO of Newton Medical Center, in a release.