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Tekchnical Department

The Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare

From Waste to Value

Stockholm 2018 Susanne Backer

Aarhus University Hospital, CE Project Manager

• 1. Indlæg

Technical Department

• Clinical departments:

44

• Number of beds:

1,150

• Staff:

9,400 FTEs

• Annual activities:
• 803,100
• utpatient visits
• 41,730

emergency visits

• 100,817

discharges

• 83,202

surgeries

• 44,600

endoscopies

• 4,647

births

AUH Denmark

Aarhus University Hospital (AUH)

Waste at Aarhus University Hospital

• Tec

2017:

• Approx. 3,300 t/y
• 20% Recycled
• 79% Waste to energy
• 1% Landfill

2030:

• t/y - Constant
• 70% Recycled
• 29% Waste to energy
• 1% Landfill

Technical Department

Circular economy, plastic and recycling in the EU

Project aims at AUH

• To increase recycling and

circular economy of hospital plastic packaging waste

• To develop and test a value

chain model for creation of commercial and other kinds of value out of hospital plastic packaging waste in cooperation with stakeholders.

Circular economy (CE)

’The Butterfly Model’ by EMF

Recycling and circular economy at AUH

Results at AUH - clinical sorting, November 2016

Plastic (kg)1 Solid waste/ day/including plastic (kg.) Plastic part

• f

solid waste (%) Patient ward -child 2.0 n.a. n.a. Patient ward -heart 0.5 n.a. n.a. Patient ward -lung 0.7 n.a. n.a. Patient wards total 4.2 n.a. n.a. Operations Dep. 1 10 64 15% Operations Dep. 2 30 197 15% Operations Dep. 3 20 131 15% Operations Dept. 59 392 15% Pharmacy 7 19 34% Intensive preperations 17 54 32% Radiology 3 32 9% Auxilliary total 27 105 25%

Plastic packaging – a complex fraction

Unknown plastic type LDPE (4) Other plastic types (7) Thick shrink plastic (PA+PP+EVOH) PE+PET Thick shrink plastic (PP+HDPE) PET (1) LLDPE (stretch film) PP (5) PA+PE Tyvek (PE+EVA) PS (6) Ethylene Vinyl Copolymer Soft HDPE (2) Thin HDPE (crackling disposable bags) HDPE (2) EPS (6)

Clinical sorting - by type of packaging

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Blue wraps Other types

• f soft

plastic Header bags (soft plastic) Peel packs (soft plastic) Shrink plastic (soft plastic) Films Containers (hard plastic) Moulded (hard plastic) kg/48 hours LDPE (4) Other plastic (7) Thick shrink plastic (PA+PP+EVOH) PE+PET Thick shrink plastic (PP+HDPE) PET (1) LLDPE (stretch film) PP (5) PA+PE Tyvek (PE+EVA) PS (6) Ethylene Vinyl Copolymer Soft HDPE (2) Thin HDPE (crackling disposable bags) HDPE (2) EPS (6) Unknown plastic type

Suppliers of plastic packaging waste

500 kgs of solid waste contains 90 kgs of plastic packaging 45 kgs with supplier name

= 162 different suppliers!!

Value chain approach – keep it simple

Value Chain for irrigation fluids

Recycling, circular economy and plastic packaging

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Poleofin recycling? Single polymer recycling? New products? Bottles for re-use? Minimize packaging?

A value chain approach

Melt flow index? Recycling compatibility Design guidelines

Brand owner Customer 1 Customer 2 Packaging

Raw materials

Patient safety Ergonometrics Resources lost! Approvals ISO Standards/ Compliance Sustainability

One common language:

Tenders - minimum requirements

Increase recyclability by reducing complexity

• All materials must be marked

with symbols for recycling

• Limit and specify the accepted

polymers

• Full compatibility with plastic

recycling guidelines

• Accepted by local recycling plant by

product end of life

• Plastic Recyclers Europe offer on-line

assessment tools, guidelines and

• ptional certificate.

Competitive factors

AUH Recyclers Tender requirements ☺☺ More and better sorting ☺ Guidelines for full recyclability accros Europe/the Globe Brandowners Simplify packaging design Limit the nos. of polymers Mark for recycling

Contact:

Susanne Backer CE Project Manager Aarhus University Hospital suback@rm.dk ++45 40328360