Achieving Circularity: Transforming Hospital Polypropylene Waste into Sustainable Solutions
Achieving Circularity: Transforming Hospital Polypropylene Waste Into Sustainable Solutions
Join us for a focused 1 hour webinar on how cross‑sector collaboration between academia, industry and healthcare is driving meaningful solutions to Australia’s growing medical waste challenge.
Designed for organisations committed to sustainability, this session will spotlight a scalable model for recycling polypropylene waste in hospitals, focused on reducing both environmental impact and hospital operational costs.
Hosted by MTAA’s Policy Manager, Pravin Siriwardena, the webinar features Berto Pendolfo Project Lead from the University of Technology Sydney, who will share insights from the Achieving Circularity project, including:
- The current state of non‑woven polypropylene (NWPP) waste in hospitals
- Piloting a circular‑economy solution to address NWPP waste
- Evaluation outcomes and next steps in scaling the program
Learning Outcomes
- Understanding of the latest circular waste‑management initiatives being trialled in NSW Health clinical environments
- Key findings and lessons learned from the Achieving Circularity project
Who should attend
MedTech company representatives with an interest in sustainability and ESG.
Please note: This webinar will be recorded and may be shared in the future at the discretion of the MTAA and that by registering for this event you agree to MTAA's Terms and Conditions and MTAA's Privacy Policy.
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Speaker
Berto Pandolfo, Associate Professor, UTS
Berto Pandolfo is an industrial designer and Associate Professor in Product Design at UTS. Trained in Australia and Italy, he combines practice-led research with both emerging and traditional methods to develop new approaches to product design. His work explores material processes, the meaning and complexity of objects, and the strategic role of design-led innovation in strengthening manufacturing capability.
His designs have been featured in leading local and international design journals and exhibited at global design events. He has contributed to numerous university–industry collaborations, applying his research to batch production, commercialisation, and more sustainable object‑making practices
Berto is the project lead on Achieving Circularity: Development of a sustainable and scalable model to recycle and reduce the cost of polypropylene waste in hospitals, a major research initiative advancing circular practices in healthcare.
Moderator
Pravin Siriwardena, Policy Manager, MTAA
Pravin Siriwardena leads the Medical Technology Association of Australia’s (MTAA) policy activities on environmental sustainability and procurement. As MTAA’s representative on the Global Medical Technology Alliance (GMTA) Sustainability Committee, Pravin plays a key role in advocating for harmonised approaches to environmental sustainability policy activities across the MedTech ecosystem. Pravin also represents MTAA as an industry partner with the Solving Plastic Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) – a 10-year cooperative research centre to assist in solving Australia’s plastic waste problem by enhancing end-user driven collaboration to address the current challenges across the entire plastics value chain.
