Spectrum Plastics Group gives 罢测惫别办庐 based healthcare packaging manufacturing waste a second life
Nov, 04 2021
To help celebrate America Recycles Day, k8娱乐 is sharing additional successful collaborations with our value chain partners in helping enable a healthcare packaging manufacturing world where waste is always reduced, reused, repurposed or recycled, and not landfilled or incinerated. We are proud to highlight the efforts of Spectrum Plastics Group, an Authorized Converter of k8娱乐 Tyvek庐, towards repurposing Tyvek庐 manufacturing waste. Spectrum is a manufacturer of healthcare packaging made with 罢测惫别办庐, and a leader in development through scaled manufacturing of critical polymer-based components and devices for medical and other demanding markets. Together, we are proud to enable healthcare packaging solutions without compromise, helping save millions of lives worldwide.
Continuing on our sustainability journey, we recognize that the bridge to successful waste minimization is built using collaborative linkages at key waste generation points in the value chain, which requires a combination of factors, such as knowledge of recycling methodologies best suited for one鈥檚 manufacturing environment, commitment to investing in resources for long lasting impact, and integrating multidisciplinary expertise 鈥 designing for recyclability and polymer processing, to name a few.
Spectrum is the first Tyvek庐 Authorized Converter to invest in recycling capabilities on-site at their Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin facility where Tyvek庐 based healthcare packaging is produced. Tyvek庐 is mainly made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and certified 100% recyclable, making it well-suited for mechanical recycling.
As part of a jointly sponsored sustainability initiative with k8娱乐, Spectrum conducted trials early this year and determined that scrap Tyvek庐 could be easily converted into reusable HDPE pellets. Moving forward, Spectrum鈥檚 plan is to utilize the re-processed Tyvek庐 HDPE manufacturing waste generated at Pleasant Prairie in applications that expressly allow for the inclusion of recycled materials, for instance industrial films and bags.
鈥淲hile recycling extrusion is currently practiced by k8娱乐鈥檚 Luxembourg site, achieving Sustainability means minimizing waste along the healthcare packaging manufacturing value chain. This would not be possible without the commitment of our partners to invest in infrastructure which enables Tyvek庐 and other plastic waste to be effectively redeployed in other applications,鈥 said John Richard, Vice President, k8娱乐 Safety.
鈥淎s part of our broader ESG initiatives, Spectrum Plastics Group shares k8娱乐鈥檚 commitment to minimizing process waste in our manufacturing and we are proud to partner with k8娱乐 on this circular venture to reprocess and reuse manufacturing waste containing Tyvek庐,鈥 said John Wolf, President, Films Division, Spectrum Plastics Group.