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Enormous amounts of single-use plastic from healthcare and research sectors is sent to landfills or incineration due to the lack of know-how and scalable technologies. LabCycle aims to create a circular economy for plastic consumables from the healthcare and research settings. The company offers the technology for the safe recycling of these plastics, and producing medical/lab-grade consumables made from high-grade recycled plastics.
| Project | A world-first circular plastic consumables supply chain for healthcare systems |
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| Description |
A solution to sort, decontaminate and recycle single-use plastics in the NHS, and to create a circular plastic supply chain in the healthcare sector. |
| Funding | £ 99,986 |
| Competition | Competition 22 - Delivering a net zero NHS: Clinical Innovation Competition |
| Competition Date | July 2022 |
| Categories | Net zero |
| Health Innovation Network Partner | Health Innovation South West , Health Innovation West of England , Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex |
| Website | https://www.labcycle.org |
Enormous amounts of single-use plastic from healthcare and research sectors is sent to landfills or incineration due to the lack of know-how and scalable technologies. LabCycle aims to create a circular economy for plastic consumables from the healthcare and research settings. The company offers the technology for the safe recycling of these plastics, and producing medical/lab-grade consumables made from high-grade recycled plastics.
| Project | From waste to products: a pioneering circular economy model for research and healthcare systems |
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| Description |
LabCycle proposes to provide a service to recycle plastic consumables from the NHS and its affiliated research facilities. LabCycle will provide the sorting system and training packages for on-site waste segregation. Whilst infectious and non-recyclable waste is collected as usual and incinerated, single-use plastic consumables will be decontaminated and recycled with LabCycle’s Automated Decontamination System. The decontaminated plastics will be turned into high-grade recycled pellets and manufactured into lab/medical-grade consumables, re-entering NHS’s supply chain. |
| Funding | £ 99,992 |
| Competition | Competition 24 - Delivering a Net Zero NHS for a Healthier Future |
| Competition Date | October 2023 |
| Categories | Net zero |
| Health Innovation Network Partner | Health Innovation South West , Health Innovation West of England , Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex |
| Website | https://www.labcycle.org |