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PVC group joins Swedish project to help increase recycling of medical plastic waste

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 | Permalink

A Swedish waste management project is hoping to establish a sustainable management system for medical plastic waste through close collaboration between various stakeholders and field projects. The healthcare industry generates quite a lot of plastic waste, according to a news release. More than 40% of all plastic-based disposables medical devices are made from PVC. The aim of the project is to investigate how this fraction of medical waste can best be recycled. Tagging Options Domain:  All Sites Keywords:  medical plastics news PVC recycling read more

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PVC group joins Swedish project to help increase recycling of medical plastic waste