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home healthcare plastics recycling council skip to content about us why hprc members executive committee advisory board industry collaborators press resources for manufacturers for hospitals for recyclers featured projects advanced recycling research design guidance hospicycle our impact blog events contact us join hprc inspiring and enabling plastic recycling solutions in healthcare learn more about us healthcare plastics recycling council modern healthcare would not be possible without the use of plastic it has proved to be one of the few versatile materials that has been able to adapt along with the dynamic nature of the healthcare industry delivering benefits that include sterility quality durability and most significantly patient and healthcare worker safety however despite the many benefits there are also unintended environmental consequences with single use plastics in healthcare namely the waste that they create in 2020 over 32 billion pounds of healthcare plastics were produced globally and is expected to grow to 48 billion pounds by 2025 most of which is being disposed of in landfills or by incineration and much of this material is uncontaminated and recyclable hprc is a private technical consortium of industry peers across the manufacturing healthcare and recycling industries seeking to improve the recyclability of plastic products and packaging within healthcare founded in 2010 and made up of globally recognized members hprc engages in pioneering projects designed to help boost plastics recycling efforts in clinical settings of hospitals committed to continuous dialogue hprc explores ways to enhance the economics efficiency and ultimately the quality and quantity of healthcare plastics collected for recycling understanding that regulatory landscapes and infrastructure for recycling are different by geography hprc is active across the united states and europe working with key stakeholders identifying opportunities for collaboration and participating in industry events and forums resources a value chain approach to solution development we recognize that there is not one single magic bullet that will solve the problem of clean recyclable healthcare plastics ending up in landfills there are product design features that inhibit recyclability hospital staff lack training on what is what is not recyclable there is limited space and infrastructure within hospitals to aggregate recyclable materials and recycler demand and availability to collect these materials vary greatly by geography all of these challenges combined hinder the ability to recycle hprc is unique in its focus on the identification of plastics recycling barriers and solution development along the entire value chain meaning we seek to affect plastics recycling from healthcare product design and manufacturing through product use disposal and recycle through this collaborative approach we bring the right stakeholders to the table to most effectively develop solutions to an ever growing and complex waste management issue by identifying barriers to recycling at different points along the value chain hprc works with the appropriate stakeholder to remove or minimize the barrier leverage market opportunities and reduce environmental impact learn more our members applying technical knowledge and experience to sustainability in healthcare blog stay up to date on hprc s latest news announcements news houston methodist joins healthcare facility advisory board the healthcare plastics recycling council hprc is pleased to announce the appointment of houston methodist to its healthcare facility advisory board hfab learn more newsletter hprc newsletter spring 2026 welcome to the spring edition of the hprc newsletter learn more news smith nephew joins the healthcare plastics recycling council the healthcare plastics recycling council hprc is pleased to welcome smith nephew a global medical technology company specializing in orthopaedics sports medicine ear nose throat ent surgical reconstruction and advanced wound management as a new member learn more news terumo corporation joins the healthcare plastics recycling council the healthcare plastics recycling council hprc is pleased to welcome terumo corporation a global medical technology company that develops manufactures and distributes medical devices and solutions as a new member learn more blog 2026 project roadmap as we enter a new year we re excited to share our 2026 project roadmap while some projects will carry over from last year we re also launching a slate of new initiatives in the new year learn more news the healthcare plastics recycling council appoints paul d annunzio as chair of the healthcare facility advisory board the healthcare plastics recycling council is pleased to appoint paul d annunzio sustainability manager at the resource group as chair of the healthcare facility advisory board learn more view all blogs be a part of the solution join hprc hprc is a private technical consortium of industry peers across the healthcare recycling and waste management industries seeking to improve the recyclability of plastic products and packaging within healthcare facilitated by antea group resources for manufacturers for hospitals for recyclers member forum company why hprc projects blog contact recommended links practice greenhealth health care without harm new plastics economy plastics europe 2026 healthcare plastics recycling council privacy policy terms of service