medical-plastics
Let’s create a world without (medical plastic) waste
Certain plastics serve a critical purpose for various industries as well as for use in everyday life. While these plastics are essential, most are traditionally unrecyclable, ending up in landfills or incinerators at the end of their lifecycle.
We believe in responsible and viable methods for recycling difficult-to-recycle plastics—allowing industries to operate while providing a circular solution to divert plastic waste from landfills and incinerators.
Program benefits
LandfIll diversion
Target sustainability goals
Environmental stewardship
Creating solutions to reduce plastic pollution
“Recycling healthcare plastics presents significant hurdles, including complex product designs, limited hospital resources, and inconsistent market demand. HPRC, through its members like Brightmark, is committed to addressing these challenges through collaboration and innovation to create a more sustainable healthcare waste management system.”
-Peylina Chu
Executive Director,
Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council
Medical plastics we can recycle
Providing viable recycling solutions for medical plastics
Lewis Salvage
Based in Warsaw, Indiana, Lewis Salvage specializes in providing niche recycling services to the orthopedic industry. Lewis Salvage has developed a one-of-a-kind system that unpacks implants and mechanically separates the materials for recycling.
Lewis Salvage provides Brightmark with plastic that cannot be recycled via traditional recycling methods. By working with Lewis Salvage, we’re helping further divert waste from landfills by recycling the plastic into new, circular products.
Contec Inc.
Contec is the leading manufacturer of contamination control products for cleanrooms and other critical environments. Its products are used to clean controlled environments in various industries worldwide, including pharmaceutical, medical device, and semiconductor manufacturing. Its vast product line utilizes plastic packaging essential for maintaining product integrity in critical applications.
Brightmark is working with Contec’s customers to recycle various plastic packaging materials, providing a sustainable waste stream for many single-use plastics in critical manufacturing environments.
Jamar Health Products
Jamar Health Products is the creator of the PATRAN® slide sheet, a disposable slide sheet essential to reducing caregiver and patient injuries. These sheets provide patient comfort and promote mobility and infection control. They can be used up to 50 times with a single patient for more than 25 patient-handling and mobility tasks.
By working with Brightmark to recycle the PATRAN® sheets made of plastic-type #2 (high-density polyethylene), Jamar is providing an essential product to the healthcare industry and reducing its environmental impact.
Creating a world without waste: Medical plastics recycled
+650,000 LBS
+390,000 LBS
+3 PLASTIC TYPES
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Brightmark® Collaborates with Lewis Salvage to Improve Healthcare Plastics Recyclability
The strategic partnership aims to reduce landfill waste by recycling mixed plastics from medical implants and devices and turning them into the building blocks for new, circular plastics WARSAW, Ind. — Brightmark LLC, a circular innovations company with a mission to Reimagine Waste®, announced today its strategic partnership with Lewis Salvage, an independently-owned recycling company… Continue reading Brightmark® Collaborates with Lewis Salvage to Improve Healthcare Plastics Recyclability
Brightmark and NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Announce Buoy Plastic Recycling Partnership
Brightmark and Buoy Team to facilitate recycling of inoperative mooring, boundary and informational buoys in the Florida Keys. SAN FRANCISCO & FLORIDA KEYS, FL – Sept. 13, 2022 – Brightmark LLC, the global waste solutions provider, and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), today announced a new plastic recycling partnership that will reduce… Continue reading Brightmark and NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Announce Buoy Plastic Recycling Partnership
Brightmark Launches Medical Waste Recycling Program with Jamar Health Products
Brightmark will convert plastic medical waste, including Jamar’s PATRAN® slide sheets, into circular and sustainable products. SAN FRANCISCO, CA. and GREENDALE, WI – August 24, 2022 – Brightmark, a global waste solutions provider, and Jamar Health Products, a Wisconsin-based health care product manufacturer, today announced a strategic partnership to recycle plastic medical waste. Brightmark provides… Continue reading Brightmark Launches Medical Waste Recycling Program with Jamar Health Products
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