I Global and our process for Medical Equipment Recycling

As one of the leading recycling companies in Canada, we gather and recycle thousands of items of medical equipment waste every year. A huge number of our clients are doing their best to make sure that they are protecting their nature by leaving obsolete pieces of medical equipment to us. HPLC equipment, ultrasound machines, EKG modules, ECG modules, infusion pumps, skin treatment lasers, electric stimulation units, laparoscopy equipment, gas chromatographs and defibrillators are some examples of medical equipment we are collecting and recycling at our plant.

It doesn’t really matter what kind of medical equipment you have we are here to help you. There are many people who are interested about I global and our process for Laboratory and Medical equipment Recycling. They want to know what’s going on once the equipment is collected.

Once we come to an agreement that you need collection, everything is left to us. We will send a driver and few team members to arrive at your site. They will pick up the medical equipment that is no longer needed and load the truck. When the truck is loaded it heads back to our private recycling facility where the waste is recycled. The recycling process is a little bit complex.

The vast majority of medical equipment waste consists of sophisticated devices and pieces of equipment. Almost all this waste is processed with the help of a recycling system known as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment or WEEE. This system recycles up to 98% of the waste by weight of every piece of obsolete equipment that goes through it. In addition, thanks to this system, the management of any medical facility can rest assured that the data found on any of these devices and equipment is completely destroyed and inaccessible. This is very important for the privacy of the patients and users.

In the beginning, all the medical items are manually sorted and copper and batteries removed for control. Next, the items are shredded into very small pieces for more precise sorting. At this point, the data destruction process is finished. After the first size reduction comes to the secondary size reduction where the tiny debris is shaken well on the conveyor belt to get an even surface. If there is dust in these pieces, it is extracted without harming the environment. We then use special magnets to remove iron and steel from the shredded pieces. The next step is to divide the content into two categories – metallic which includes brass, copper, aluminum, silver and other metals and non-metallic content. Obviously, the metallic content can be reused for new products. Thanks to water separation glass and plastic content are separated too.

Medical equipment recycling is a complex process, but I Global is a recycling company with experience and qualified team of specialists in this field that can get the job done quickly. It’s also worth mentioning that we are using the latest techniques in this field for more efficient medical equipment recycling.