Finding New Life for Single-Use Biopharma Plastic Waste
Jul 22, 2019 12:45 PM ET
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Originally Posted by: Triple Pundit
The picnic table at which you’re enjoying your summer BBQ may have been a plastic glove, shoe cover or chemical container involved in the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals in its past life.
Thanks to a partnership between global biopharmaceutical products supplier MilliporeSigma and specialty waste management company Triumvirate Environmental, a portion of single-use biopharma plastic scrap is now being diverted from landfills and upcyled into salable products.