Building on insights from the first pilot in the Netherlands, this second-phase study tested automated sorting technologies under real-world conditions in Germany. The trial assessed whether industrial-scale systems can reliably sort healthcare plastic packaging waste with the accuracy and throughput needed for sustainable recycling.
Learn MoreIn a new project, HPRC Europe aims to gain insight into the sorting of healthcare plastic packaging into streams categorized by material type and suitable for subsequent recycling.
Learn MoreThe Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is excited to announce the addition of Envetec Sustainable Technologies (“Envetec”) to its growing membership.
Learn MoreThis project brought together B.Braun, PureCycle, and Lehigh Valley Health Network to identify barriers to increasing non-hazardous medical plastic recycling rates at healthcare providers
Learn MoreA U.S.-based academic health center is striving to become a zero-waste campus by 2025 (i.e., 90% diversion of non-hazardous waste away from landfills) through an economically sustainable waste diversion program.
Learn MoreDuPont™ Tyvek® Healthcare Packaging outlines their work with a U.S. university healthcare system to conduct a healthcare plastics recycling project. DuPont partnered with Freepoint Eco-Systems, LLC, an advanced recycler that received the collected hospital waste.
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