ABOUT IT
The Zero Landfill Project focuses on reducing environmental liabilities from waste disposal in industrial landfills. Siemens Healthineers has been working since 2017 to optimize its processes in order to foster circular economy on its sites.
Currently 4 of the 5 bases installed in Brazil can be considered Zero Landfill, because they send more than 97% of their waste to recycling, composting, treatment or reuse technologies. In addition, we highlight the reverse logistics of import packaging, promoting the reuse of these inputs.
Results and Objectives
O pproject its goal for 2025 achieve “Zero Waste to Landfill” status across all sites. from the company no Brazil, through Completion of the implementation of the project to adapt the disposal of ice packs. gel imported for preserving the temperature of reagents in the in vitro line.
The company developed a piece of equipment called Equigel, currently in the testing phase, with the goal of processing gel ice packs and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills by 60 tons.
Currently, gel ice packs are intended for a landfills and do not have a local supplier with viable treatment technology.. The project is in progress. The goal is to develop a proprietary device that separates plastic and gel, thus enabling the gel to be sent for wastewater treatment and the plastic for recycling.
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