Have you ever wondered what happens to items like used facemasks, gowns, or even those “recyclable” privacy curtains? You may assume they go “away,” but did you know there is no “away” when it comes to these Single Use Disposables (SUDs)?
If a hospital or healthcare system has set a goal to become carbon neutral, then repurposing and re-using these SUDs should be of greatest concern and priority.
A WIN for a healthcare organization is any time they can reduce waste, cost, and lower their carbon footprint while not compromising patient and staff safety. While recycling items such as face masks, gowns, and privacy curtains has been incredibly challenging for healthcare systems, Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) now offers an easy-to-use Thermal Technology that melts AND sterilizes all these SUDs along with a 50% reduction in carbon emissions!
TCG equipment melts and compresses SUDs into sterilized bricks that can then be sold for remanufacturing. This process will keep SUDs out of the landfill and reduces the volume by 85%, while creating a circular economy process that closes the recycling loop yielding a negative carbon footprint; not just zero.
Switching to recyclable privacy curtains at your facility can realize cost and labor savings from 75-90%, and these savings will rapidly off-set the cost of TCG’s CurtainMelt technology. Naturally the equipment can be used to recover and reuse not just curtains, but also will process masks, gowns, and all other recyclable SUDs that are being used to help keep patients, staff, and visitors safe!
