Medicycle - Circular economy solution for clinical plastic waste

医疗自行车是一种创新的颠覆性工艺，旨在将目前处置在手术室产生的医疗废物流中的可回收塑料进行分流、净化和再处理，由于感染风险，这些可回收塑料以前已被焚烧。医疗自行车是一种改变游戏规则的医疗塑料回收系统，它将试点引入循环经济商业模式，将手术室产生的可回收塑料医疗废物从焚烧中转移出来。手术中常规使用的程序包、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/吨的可回收垃圾用于焚烧/年。目前对剧院垃圾的政策是在医疗垃圾袋中处置，这需要在获得许可的设施中焚烧，成本高达1,000 GB/吨。医疗自行车将在两个重要方面改善目前的最先进水平：\*减少可回收塑料的焚烧量，以减少温室气体的排放，减轻来自原始材料的新聚合物的负担，支持NHS塑料废物的循环经济\*降低NHS的废物焚烧成本额外的好处将渗透到支持回收塑料的行业，并减少医疗废物焚烧能力的负担。Medcle在弃置点转移可回收塑料，使其安全符合法规，引入PP、PE和PVC的专用废物流建立回收平台，从而支持向医疗塑料废物的循环经济过渡，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.