Medicycle - Circular economy solution for clinical plastic waste

医疗废物是一种创新的破坏性过程，用于转移，净化和再处理目前在手术室产生的医疗废物流中处置的可回收塑料，由于感染风险，医疗塑料回收系统是一个改变游戏规则的医疗塑料回收系统，将通过将可回收的医疗塑料废物转移到手术室远离焚化炉。手术中常规使用的手术包、一次性塑料和包装占所有医院废物的29%，其中40%可能是可回收的。这种线性经济价值链可能产生超过68，000/吨的可回收废物，用于在NHS中焚烧/pa。目前的剧院废物政策是将其处理在需要在许可设施中焚烧的医疗废物袋中，成本高达1，000英镑/吨。Medicine将在两个重要方面改进当前的最新技术水平：* 减少焚烧可回收塑料的数量，以减少温室气体的排放，减少来自原始材料的新聚合物的负担，并支持NHS塑料废物的循环经济减少NHS的废物焚烧成本增加的好处将渗透到支持再生塑料的行业，并减少临床废物焚烧能力的负担医疗废物在处置点转移可回收塑料，使其安全符合规定，将PP，PE和PVC的专用废物流引入已建立的回收平台，从而支持医疗塑料废物向循环经济的过渡，并减少对原始材料的依赖。

Medicycle is an innovative disruptive process to divert, decontaminate and deliver on for re-processing recyclable plastics currently disposed of in clinical waste streams generated by operating theatres that, due to the risk of infection, has previously been incinerated.Medicycle is a game changing medical plastics recycling system that will pilot the introduction of a circular economy business model by diverting recyclable plastic clinical waste generated in operating theatres away from incineration. Routine use of procedure packs, single use plastics and packaging in surgery contribute 29% of all hospital waste, 40% of which is potentially recyclable. This linear economy value chain produces potentially over 68,000/tonnes of recyclable waste for incineration/pa in the NHS.Current policy for theatre waste is to dispose of in clinical waste bags which require incineration at licensed facilities costing up to £1,000/ton.Medicycle will improve on the current state-of-the-art in two important ways:\* Reduce the volume of recyclable plastic incinerated to reduce emissions of GHG's, reduce the burden of new polymer from virgin materials and support a circular economy for NHS plastic waste\* Reduce the costs to the NHS for waste incinerationAdded benefits will filter through to industry supporting recycled plastics and reduce the burden on incineration capacity for clinical waste.Medicycle diverts recyclable plastics at point of disposal, renders it safe in line with regulations to introduce into dedicated waste streams of PP, PE and PVC established recycling platforms, thereby supporting a transition to a circular economy for medical plastic waste and reducing dependence on virgin material.