# Berry Global partners with Deaconess Midtown Hospital and Nexus Circular on plastics recycling

Berry Global, Deaconess Midtown Hospital and Nexus Circular launched an initiative to recycle non-hazardous, sterile plastic packaging and non-woven fabric from the hospital's Surgical Center, about 500 lbs per week. Waste streams are sent to Evansville Packaging Systems for auditing and separation.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-07-21
- Where: Evansville, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: approximately 500 lbs of plastics per week
- Products: recycled sterile plastic packaging, non-woven surgical fabric
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Berry Plastics](https://endata.com/companies/829.md) (partner)
- [Nexus Circular](https://endata.com/companies/10170.md) (partner)
- [Deaconess Midtown Hospital](https://endata.com/companies/10833.md) (partner)
- [Evansville Packaging Systems](https://endata.com/companies/10834.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/berry-containers-gat-foods/), 2023-07-21: "The effort will help in recycling approximately 500lbs, which is equivalent to 350 bags, of clean and used plastics from the hospital's surgical, pharmaceutical, laboratory, and warehouse suites every week."

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