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About Healthcare Plastics
Recycling
Eight brand-leading companies across
healthcare, recycling and waste management industries have come
together to form a technical coalition seeking to inspire and
enable sustainable, cost effective recycling solutions for plastic
products and materials used in the delivery of healthcare.
Understanding that the potential for
plastics recycling is significant to both reducing environmental
and human health impacts, Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) exists
in a collaborative effort to be a change agent for sustainable
healthcare product and packaging lifecycle with the end goal of
increasing the overall recycling of healthcare plastics. HPRC is
unique in its focus on identification of plastics recycling
barriers and solution development along the entire value chain,
seeking to affect plastics recycling from healthcare product
design and manufacturing through product use, disposal and
recycle.
HPRC is currently engaged in three
initiatives aimed at enabling recycling of select plastics. The
first initiative, healthcare plastics value chain mapping, is
focused on defining the healthcare value chain and identifying
issues and barriers along the value chain that disable plastics
recycling. The second initiative, design for recycling guidelines,
is focused on developing a document that articulates product and
packaging design considerations that could enhance recycling
potential and value. The third initiative, pilot study programs
within healthcare facilities, is focused on building a data model
to facilitate economic analysis of plastics recycling.
For more information visit
www.hprc.org
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