VinylPlus® Med celebrates 1 year of activity with 10 Belgian hospitals and around 1 tonne of PVC recycled. One year ago, VinylPlus®, the sustainable development program of the European PVC industry, launched the VinylPlus® Med pilot project. Started in the Brussels...
The use of plastic in healthcare presents a paradox. As a direct product of the petrochemical industry’s breakthrough after World War II, plastics paved a way for a tremendous innovation for medical devices. Suddenly, it was possible to manufacture sterilisable,...
VinylPlusMed® is nominated for the Trends Impact Awards! 🏅 The Trends Impact Awards are Belgium’s most prestigious honours. They aim to recognise organisations who are implementing, or have implemented, strategies which generate a positive impact on society, and...
UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg becomes the 10th hospital and the first in Flanders to join the VinylPlus® Med recycling scheme for PVC medical devices. UZ Leuven,is an academic hospital in Leuven, Belgium, associated with the university KU Leuven. UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg is...
The INOVYN Awards take place every three years to celebrate best innovations within the global vinyl industry. VinylPlus® received Bronze in the Circularity category for its VinylPlus® Med project on the ‘collection and recycling process targeting non-infectious PVC...
CHU Brugmann Horta becomes the 9th hospital to join the VinylPlus® Med recycling scheme for PVC medical devices. Its three additional sites and 854 beds make the Brugmann University Hospital one of the largest such centres in Brussels. Designed by Horta, this hospital...
