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In 2011, SITA-MediCollect became the first company in Australia licenced to recover single-use medical devices.
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KIMGUARD® Sterile Wrap Recycling

SITA-MediCollect worked with Kimberly-Clark to establish a recycling program to segregate and recycle used, clean and uncontaminated KIMGUARD® Sterile Wrap and KIMGUARD ONE-STEP®.

Kimberly-Clark, the manufacturers of KIMGUARD® Sterile Wrap, are focused on seeking sustainability solutions for their products and minimising waste at all stages of the product cycle. As KIMGUARD® Sterile Wrap is used extensively throughout hospitals in Australia, Kimberly-Clark are now able to reduce the large volume of waste generated by their products.

Through the KIMGUARD® Sterile Wrap Recycling program, SITA-MediCollect is able to help hospitals reduce their general waste volumes and increase their recycling volumes.

How the program works

SITA-MediCollect works directly with hospitals to review and assess current waste management and recycling options. An individual solution is tailor made for each hospital based on:

• the volume of clean, uncontaminated KIMGUARD® Sterile Wrap waste generated;
• storage capacity for waste and recycling available at each hospital site; and
• requirements for the timing and frequency of bin delivery and collection.

As the overall success of the program is based on effective segregation practices, Kimberly-Clark and SITA-MediCollect representatives provide on-site information sessions for hospital staff on correct segregation practices and the benefits of recycling KIMGUARD®.

Any wrap that is contaminated with blood or body fluids is considered clinical waste and should be disposed of in the correct clinical waste or related bins.

Recycling and resource recovery

The clean uncontaminated material is collected and transported to a SITA facility for consolidation, processing and recycling.  In the recycling process, the material is granulated and extruded back to pellets, which are then used to manufacture new polypropylene products such as buckets and rain drains.

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