In this pilot project, participating hospitals collected a variety of healthcare plastics (primarily from main operating rooms and ambulatory surgery centers) which were then transported by waste haulers to material recovery facilities (MRFs) for processing, or transferred to specialized plastics recyclers. HPRC and PLASTICS identified key success criteria for a regional cooperative like this, defined market requirements, and detailed best practices so that the model could be replicated in other markets.
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Citrus Heights, CA
OceanBound Plastic Program
Chico, CA
State-of-the-art MRF
Orlando, FL
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Cobb County, GA
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Boise, ID
Chicago Healthcare Plastics Recycling
Chicago, IL
Bag-2-Bag® Recycling
North Vernon, IN
Indiana Recycling Expansion
Connersville, IN
Waste Polystyrene as Feedstock
St. James, LA
New Recycling Technologies on Display
Ipswich, MA
Home for Foam
Mason, MI
NEMO for End of Life Vehicles
Flint, MI
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Omaha, NE
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Lincoln, NE
Better Recycling (and Biodegradability) through Additives
Amherst, NH
Circular Blu
Bradford, NH
OceanBound Plastic Program
Greensboro, NC
NEMO for End of Life Vehicles
Waverly, OH
Revolutionizing Polypropylene (PP) Recycling
Ironton, OH
Pacific Northwest (PNW) Recycling Project
Portland, OR
Recycled PS Monomer
Tigard, OR
Regenyx
Tigard, OR
Geomembrane Recycling
Portland, PA
Materials Recovery for the Future (MRFF)
Birdsboro, PA
NEMO for End of Life Vehicles
Portland, PA
Scoring a Goal, Closing the Loop
Philadelphia, PA
Carbon Renewal Technology
Kingsport, TN
Tennessee Recycling Expansion
Morristown, TN
Bag-2-Bag® Recycling
Roanoke, TX
Plastic Asphalt
Freeport, TX
Pathway 21
Seattle, WA
EcoStar
Madison, WI
Modernizing Infrastructure
Updating waste management infrastructure to collect and recycle more plastics.
Advancing Recycling Innovation
Inventing new ways to generate value from used plastic.
Developing End Markets
Connecting the demand for recycled plastics to the supply.
In this pilot project, participating hospitals collected a variety of healthcare plastics (primarily from main operating rooms and ambulatory surgery centers) which were then transported by waste haulers to material recovery facilities (MRFs) for processing, or transferred to specialized plastics recyclers. HPRC and PLASTICS identified key success criteria for a regional cooperative like this, defined market requirements, and detailed best practices so that the model could be replicated in other markets.
Take actionAdvancing Recycling Innovation
Chicago, IL
By HPRC & PLASTICS
In this pilot project, participating hospitals collected a variety of healthcare plastics (primarily from main operating rooms and ambulatory surgery centers) which were then transported by waste haulers to material recovery facilities (MRFs) for processing, or transferred to specialized plastics recyclers. HPRC and PLASTICS identified key success criteria for a regional cooperative like this, defined market requirements, and detailed best practices so that the model could be replicated in other markets.
Why it Matters
So many sources of recycled plastics remain untapped. While the HPRC-PLASTICS project only focused on the medical realm, its reach could be applied to other sectors where too much useful plastic is ending up in a landfill. For consumers, the more these techniques are applied to different industries, regions and environments, the harder it’ll be to run more than two errands without finding a recycling receptacle tailored uniquely to whatever particular plastic product you happen to be using at that very moment.
Plastic waste is a valuable resource, and we’re missing an opportunity to do more. You can be a part of a positive change. Join the grassroots movement and contact your elected official with the click of a button.
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