Healthcare Plastics Recycling News

Jun 22, 2016

HPRC and the Circular Economy

Plastics recycling in hospitals has the potential to be a significant part of the Circular Economy movement.

Jun 7, 2016

Exploring the Top Three Barriers to Healthcare Plastics Recycling

HPRC recently held our spring 2016 meeting, which was graciously hosted by Johnson & Johnson in New York City.

Mar 25, 2016

HPRC Conducts LCA Literature Review of Plastics Disposal Options

HPRC recently conducted a literature review of life cycle assessment studies comparing the environmental impacts of recycling to other waste

Mar 24, 2016

HPRC and PLASTICS Launch Major Multi-Hospital Recycling Pilot in Chicago

HPRC in collaboration with PLASTICS has just announced the launch of a multi-hospital plastics recycling project in Chicago focused on non-i

Mar 23, 2016

Healthcare Plastics Recycling: Making It Happen at Your Hospital

It can be a challenge to set up a new hospital plastics recycling program. Fortunately, HPRC is here to help!

Feb 2, 2016

Two New Reports Released on the Current State of US Plastics Recycling

Two reports were released today at the 2016 Plastics Recycling Council detailing the progress made towards increased plastics recycling...

Jan 19, 2016

Is the New Plastic Economy a Blueprint to Design a Circular Future?

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation thinks so. In a new report issued today entitled The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of...

Jan 7, 2016

Plastics News Profiles One Company's Unique Approach to Healthcare Plastics Recycling

Plastics News has a great new piece about the work Triumvirate Environmental Inc is doing to recycle healthcare plastics by transforming...

Oct 14, 2015

Ascension Health Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ascension to its Healthcare Facility Advisory...

Oct 9, 2015

Ravago Americas Joins HPRC

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) welcomes Ravago Recycling Group (Ravago), an industry leader in post industrial and post...

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Sonoco Healthcare Joins HPRC

Closed Loop Partners Releases Data Map, Shows Significant Opportunity to Recapture Plastic Waste

Remington Medical Joins HPRC

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Joins Healthcare Facility Advisory Board

Crowd-Source Recycling Vendor Intel with HPRC’s New Directory

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A Helping Hand for Hospitals

Check out HospiCycle, our “how to” guide and collection of tools for establishing plastics recycling in patient care settings.

Recycler Guidance

A complete overview of healthcare plastics recycling specifically geared toward recyclers.

Supply, Meet Demand

HPRC and PLASTICS facilitated a cooperative, first-of-its-kind regional recycling program in the Chicago area and the results of this innovative pilot are in.

Be Part of the Solution: Join HPRC

Explore the value of HPRC membership to your organization.