Sustainability remains one of the most complex challenges facing the MedTech industry. It’s a broad, often polarising topic, and many medical device companies struggle to translate high-level ambitions into tangible strategies while balancing market expectations.
A key tension lies between perception and practicality. Sustainability in plastics manufacturing is frequently reduced to the concept of “circular recycling” – turning a product back into the same product.
In reality, for medical devices produced under strict regulatory controls, this approach is rarely feasible. Instead, companies must look across the entire product lifecycle to identify alternative pathways toward truly sustainable manufacturing – from material selection and process optimisation to end-of-life planning.
In our 5-minute guide below, our Industrialisation Project Manager Michael Gradonski highlights some key areas worth exploring to encourage sustainable practices within plastic manufacturing for medical devices…
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