HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
Recycling
in the healthcare system
promote sustainability
In its "Health & Sustainability" strategic direction, Human.technology Styria focuses on the current topic of medical waste in order to promote sustainability in the life sciences sector.
Because the recycling rate for medical waste in Austria is currently still very low. From a circular economy point of view, there is clearly room for improvement.
More than 90 percent of medical waste is incinerated in incinerators, which means that expensive and valuable raw materials are lost. Around two thirds of the around 890 tons of hazardous waste generated in Austria's medical facilities each year are incinerated and the rest is exported.
The goal: circular solutions
The aim of the project "Circular Economy in Health Care" is to develop circular solutions for the health sector and to implement them in pilot projects.
Cooperation partner of the project is the next incubator, who has excellent contacts to experts in the circular economy.
Healthcare institutions, HTS cluster partners, experts from the circular economy and innovative startups/solution providers will take part in the project.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project "Circular Economy in Healthcare" aims to preserve the lifespan and value of products and their components for as long as possible and thereby generate ecological and economic added value.
Human.technology Styria and Next-Incubator have recognized the need and the potential to identify and initiate future paths in the field of circular economy for healthcare facilities. For this reason, one workshop series initiated and implemented on circular economy in the health sector.
OVERVIEW
Deep Dive Circular Economy
Content of the workshop
- Overview and approach to circular economy by a subject matter expert
- Elaboration and evaluation of the essential subject areas for healthcare facilities.
- Preparation and visualization of the content for further communication and awareness raising in the companies.
Current information and inputs
- Circular business models and their implementation
- Implementation examples from the health sector
- Examples of the implementation of new circular business models
ideation
- Overview of circular business models and approaches
- Identification of best practice examples from the healthcare sector and related industries
- Ideas and implementation details of the topics selected by the participants
pilot implementation
The decision and implementation of pilots based on the results of the idea takes place in the respective company.
The visualizations created as part of the workshop series serve to optimally prepare and present the ideas and objectives for the implementation decision.
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