Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Plastic hospital waste can be recycled into new medical devices Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet “Science for Environment Policy”: European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service, edited by SCU, The University of the West of England, Bristol. Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 31/03/22 Description Each year, hospitals in the Netherlands generate about 1.3 million
kilograms of plastic waste from polypropylene wrapping paper on
surgical instruments. Researchers have suggested that this waste could be turned into new medical devices. They recovered surgical wrapping paper from the operating theatre at a hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The waste was melted into solid blocks, granulated and injection moulded into new
medical products.URL https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/577na4_en-1367_surgical-waste-reprocessing-injection-molding-using-recycled-blue-wrapping.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2vEYiEge9UrFrAGvvhsgRGM2KRLYPwAYzb5VADq-sCy6KDeCFAPQ6WqfM Persons B.J. van Straten