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Saving Plastic in Enteral Nutrition

Fresubin EasyBag saving plastic

 

Our effort to reduce plastic waste

Saving plastic became an urgent topic as according to experts, the oceans are expected to contain 1 ton of plastics for every 3 tons of fish by 2025 and even more plastics than fish (by weight) by 2050.1

Particularly in the healthcare sector, plastic is an important packaging material as it can be used for sterile manufacturing of sensitive products2, it is lightweight2,3, durable3,4 and serves as excellent product protection2,3. Compared to other packaging materials, it is cost-sensitive2,3 promoting resource-conscious healthcare.

Nevertheless, as little as possible, as much as necessary should be the direction. So using less plastic is the most important step to prevent plastic waste.

Our EasyBag is the solution

Compared to an average tube feed bottle on the market,
our EasyBag is the lightest container and saves

  • 60 % of plastic used in weight*

  • >85 % of plastic waste generated in volume*

 

*unpublished study with representative tube feed bottles

Some facts on plastic in general

 
  • An estimated quantity of 8.3 billion tons of virgin plastics have been produced worldwide since the beginning of the use of plastic.
  • Approximately 6.3 billion tons of plastic waste have been generated worldwide since then.
  • According to experts, the oceans are expected to contain 1 ton of plastics for every 3 tons of fish by 2025 and even more plastics than fish (by weight) by 2050.
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Some facts on plastic in healthcare facilities

Apart from the packaging industry, the largest plastics market, vast amounts of plastic are needed in the healthcare sector.

  • Every day, a healthcare facility produces around seven to eight tons of waste.
  • The overall annual cost of disposing healthcare waste is over 2,000 US dollar per ton.
  • Even outside the hospital, medical care is accompanied by an increased volume of waste, which can be an additional burden for caregivers.
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References:

1) World Economic Forum. The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics. Geneva 2016.
2) North EJ, Halden RU. Rev Environ Health 2013;28(1):1–8.
3) Andrady AL, Neal MA. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2009;364(1526):1977–1984.