Tipperary firm secures US medical waste contract

Envetec CEO Malcolm Bell:The company's technology had been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Health.

A Tipperary company’s medical waste treatment technology has been adopted by one of the leading healthcare providers in North America. 

Envetec, headquartered in Birdhill, has secured a contract with Northwell Health, New York State’s largest healthcare provider, to implement its medical waste treatment technology.

Northwell recently installed Envetec's Generations technology to treat almost 250,000kg of waste each year at the hospital's largest commercial laboratory in New York. 

As the central testing hub for a large network of hospitals, general practitioner networks, and local healthcare providers throughout New York State, it processes samples from more than 20,000 patients daily.

Up to now, single-use laboratory plastic, glass, PPE and sharp containers were disposed of through landfills and incineration. Envetec says its mission is to enable all laboratories to achieve zero waste and that there is no necessity to continue to cook, bury and burn valuable resources.

Prior to its installation, Envetec’s technology had been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Health.

"Enabling laboratories to break free from their reliance on transportation, autoclaving, incineration, and landfill requires a new standard in waste management," Envetec chairman and CEO Malcolm Bell said.

Northwell president and CEO Michael Dowling said: “Climate change is undeniably becoming a public health crisis that requires urgent action and leadership from hospitals. Adopting state-of-the-art clean technologies such as Generations represents an important step forward in our climate goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030."