WasteMedX, an eco-friendly medical waste disposal company, recently attended the 2024 CleanMed conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. CleanMed is the premier national conference on environmental sustainability in the healthcare sector. Each year, the conference draws hundreds of leading experts from across the country and around the world.  

“CleanMed 2024 was an incredible opportunity to connect with innovative players in the healthcare sustainability space,” said Kim Phox, VP of Sales. “As a company that works with healthcare organizations to achieve their sustainability goals, it was inspiring to see the other technologies and solutions that prioritize community well-being and the health of our planet.”

With an estimated 6 million tons of medical waste being produced each year, WasteMedX is a cleaner, safer, more sustainable waste solution for healthcare organizations. By shredding waste, the company’s system reduces the volume of waste by 90% resulting in less hauls to local landfills.

Shredded waste is sterilized using a unique ozone treatment technology. Ozone treatment sterilizes medical waste materials in a short time frame and provides a more sustainable option by emitting oxygen back into the atmosphere during processing. Overall, WasteMedX’s system reduces greenhouse gas emissions by  30-50% and uses less energy compared to traditional methods like incineration or autoclaving.

Benefits to healthcare organizations include reduced waste cost, cleaner and faster waste processes, fewer trips to the landfill, less energy consumption, and easy electronic waste and invoice tracking.

To see how WasteMedX’s medical waste disposal process works or to learn more about its environmental impact, visit wastemedx.com/our-process/.