Packaging solutions company Mauser Packaging has launched a medical waste container made of 100% recycled plastics generated from post-consumer packaging waste.

The product, the WIVA Infinity Container, has been recognised by receiving third prize in the 2018 NENnovation Award presented by the Dutch Standardisation Institute NEN.

Mauser Packaging Solutions collaborated with QCP (Quality Circular Polymers) and SUEZ to develop new recycling plastics suitable to meet the standards applicable for packaging designed to handle healthcare risk waste. The new product was successfully tested according to the United Nations Dangerous Goods protocols.

The product was recognised by NEN for reducing the carbon footprint as well as making use of household plastic waste.

Axel Schaefer, head of product management for Mauser’s international packaging division, said: “Having installed recycling centres in the United States, Brazil and Europe, Mauser Packaging Solutions can generate high-quality post-industrial resin to manufacture a wide range of industrial packaging with a significantly lower carbon footprint.”