Revived. Purified.
Designing safe methods to up-cycle single-use plastics in the healthcare industry.
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Globally, the healthcare sector is responsible for almost 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and has a carbon footprint equivalent to 514 coal-fired power plants.
And if the healthcare sector was a country, it would be the 5th largest polluter on Earth. If the healthcare industry continues business as usual, emissions could triple by 2050.
Disposal → Design
Re-designing the Maintenance Infrastructure & Creating a value chain that converts solid Medical Waste into opportunities through collection, up-cycling and manufacturing.
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of the medical waste from the final collection point of Heath Care Facilities (HCFs) and collection of hazardous waste and packaging, marking, and labeling as per applicable standards.
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Transport of medical waste from the HCFs in CWT refrigerated truck and transportation of hazardous waste using approved ESP’s
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Treatment of all the medical and hazardous waste collected from the HCFs and commercial & industrial facilities at our “Integrated Waste Management Facilities”
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Diverting the collected waste from ending up in landfill. We recycle the waste to avoid disposal.
PPE Recycling → Sustainability Impact
Recycling PPE (polypropylene) into textile saves about 67–84% of the energy compared to incinerating it and making textile from virgin PP.
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→ Recycling avoids the high embodied energy of virgin PP production.
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→ Actual % depends on grid carbon intensity (higher savings with renewable electricity).
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(up to ~40% in nonwoven applications).
→ Recycling avoids water-intensive virgin polymerization and textile wet processing. -
(can reach ~20% if fully electrified with renewables).
→ Not literally 0%, since transport and some process heat often still use diesel/gas, but reductions are significant.
