November 3, 2023- ReNewalTM—Medline’s device reprocessing program—recently celebrated the expansion of its Redmond, Oregon facility by nearly 52,000 square feet1, doubling the facility’s size and capacity to reprocess medical devices that would otherwise end up in a landfill.
Medical supplies are a significant cause of waste in the U.S. and throughout the world, with the American Medical Association estimating that hospital patients generate about 33.8 pounds of waste each day, leading to 6 million tons of waste each year.
Since 2014, Medline ReNewal has reprocessed nearly 15 million devices, helping to divert more than 10 million pounds of waste from landfills1. In 2022 alone, ReNewal reprocessed 2.3 million medical devices, helping to reduce approximately 1.1 million pounds of waste.