The Molière Longchamp site of Hôpitaux Iris Sud/Iris Ziekenhuizen Zuid has just become the 13th hospital to join the VinylPlus® Med recycling scheme for PVC medical devices. The Iris Sud Hospitals are a hospital establishment that is a member of the IRIS network of...
The Meuse site of CHU Sambre et Meuse has just become the 12th hospital to join the VinylPlus® Med recycling scheme for PVC medical devices. A general hospital capable of hosting up to 397 patients, this site exists since 1902, when it was founded to support the...
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...
