Owens & Minor: A New Life For Sterilization Wrap
As a leading manufacturer of nonwovens-based PPE and sterilization products in the healthcare industry, Owens & Minor is focused on improving the health of communities by limiting the environmental impacts of our operations and value chain. The company’s BLUE RENEW* program is proving the success of their efforts.
BLUE RENEW* launched in 2010 as a sterilization wrap recycling program designed to strike a balance between protecting the patient and the environment. Through the program, used, clean HALYARD* Sterilization Wrap is collected and turned into resin pellets to create products like storage totes, bedpans and basins. This initiative gives wrap a second life. Each year, nearly 300 healthcare facilities in North America divert more than 4 million pounds of wrap from landfills thanks to this program.3
In Lexington, NC where HALYARD* Sterilization Wrap is manufactured, Owens & Minor is also proud of this facility for operating above 95% landfill-free.
Owens & Minor provides complimentary professional on-site consulting services to educate and train facility staff as well as monitor and report annually on the hospital’s BLUE RENEW* performance.
- “More Needs To Be Done To Prioritize Climate Change,” Health Affairs Blog, February 25, 2016. DOI:10.1377/hblog20160225. 053279
- Data on File. 2016 Halyard Health
- Data on File. 2016 Halyard Health
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Through the BLUE RENEW* program, medical facilities across the United States are now recycling their used, clean HALYARD* Sterilization Wrap made from recyclable #5 polypropylene fabric, saving U.S. hospitals more than $280,000.3
Learn more and apply for the program here.
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