News of another pilot program to recycle hospital gloves and non-woven polypropylene gowns, garments and disposable curtains, this time in the US.

These initiatives are worthy of support though presently receive only limited and sometimes begrudging support from regulators. Clinical wastes contains much that can be recycled, either for capture of material resources or energy recovery. As we have noted previously on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum, source segregation is not impossible particularly when it is feasible to eliminate uncertainties and collect ALL gowns or ALL gloves by incorporating a suitable pre-treatment that will eliminate any risk of infection.

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