sustainability through biopharma recycling
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Jacqueline Ignacio
Global Manager, Customer Sustainability Solutions
Corporate Responsibility
Mike Farrell
Disposal and Recycling Coordinator
Triumvirate Environmental
March 15th 2017
An inside-look at how MilliporeSigma achieves single-
use product recycling
Sustainability through Biopharma Recycling
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Meet Your Presenters
Jacqueline Ignacio
Global Manager, Customer Sustainability Solutions
MilliporeSigma
Mike Farrell
Disposal and Recycling Coordinator
Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
Today’s Topics
Background and Details
Why are we doing this?
Who is MilliporeSigma? Single Use Industry Growth & Impacts
What is This New Process?
Who is Triumvirate and what is their Innovative Process?
What and Where Regional approach and Results
Q&A Session
Open for Discussion4
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Presence in
countries 66
Life Science
Business
global sales in 2016
€ 5.7bn
Over1mcustomers globally
visits to Sigma-Aldrich website alone
77m
distribution centers
130
manufacturing sites worldwide
65
employees
19,000
more unique web visitors than nearest competitor
2x
lines shipped annually~18m
More than
Life Science products
300,000
Commitment to the Environment
Life Cycle approach to developing initiatives
Decrease our Carbon Footprint
Collaborating with Our Customers
Reducing impacts and meeting goals
Finding innovative solutions
ProductsTaking Responsibility Across the Life Cycle
Provides:
Product safety
Decrease risk of contamination
Smaller footprint - mobility
Reduction in time
Overall processing
Batch to batch
Set up & breakdown
Overall cost reduction
Smaller, more efficient facilities
Less energy and water usage
Challenges:
Increased waste – tons of it!
Biopharma Industry
Single-Use Technologies are Growing
East Coast Estimate:
30 sites
12.5 tons / month
4,500 tons / year
Multiple Products and
High Volumes
Difficult Waste
Streams
Alternative Process
and Traceability
Achieving
Sustainability Goals
Clarification, cartridge and capsule filters
Bioreactor bags, tubing and assemblies
Chemical containers and packaging
PPE such as nitrile gloves, shoe covers, etc.
Bio-hazardous can be
accepted without
autoclaving
Logistics customized to
your facility
Work directly with
Triumvirate Environmental
100% of product is
recycled
Creates plastic lumber
Traceable program
> 70 audits completed
and passed
CHWMEG report available
Zero Landfill Targets
% Recycling Goals
Most sites produce >80-
120 tons per year
Waste can be =/> 50%
of total solid waste
stream
Sustainable Solutions
Biopharma Single-use Product Recycling Program
Triumvirate Environmental
Provides turnkey environmental services across
multiple market segments
Operate within 4 key niches
Life Sciences(Pharma and Biotech)
Higher Education (Colleges and Universities
Healthcare (Hospitals and Medical Centers)
Industrial Markets (Oil, Energy, Large
Manufacturing)
Headquartered in Somerville, MA
Founded in 1988 - 28 years of expertise in
handling Hazardous Waste
Recently pioneered a proprietary process for
recycling medical and bio-hazardous waste
Jeannette Facility
Approximately 87,000 sq. ft.
building
Approximately 18(+) acres of
land
Approximately 40 miles east of
Pittsburgh
RMW/Single-use product Recycling Facility
Fully permitted RMW Processing Facility
(Plant 1)
Fully permitted Plastic Manufacturing
Facility (Plant 2)
PIWS
PIWS machine sterilizes and grinds material
PIWS calculates proprietary chemical mixture based on weight
Final Product
Plastic lumber product can be molded into various shapes and sizes
Applications include landscape timbers, parking bumpers and construction materials
Biopharma ProductsWhat can be recycled?
Single-Use Bags,
Tubing and
Connectors
Mobius™ Bioreactor,
Sampling,
Novaseptum™
Cartridge and
Capsule Filters
Sterilizing, Venting,
Durapore™, PES, etc.
Clarification and
Depth Filters
All Media Types and
Sizes
Empty Chemical
Containers & Drums
Bulk Salts, Buffers, etc.
Additional ProductsWaste assessment helps to reveal more products that can be included
Getting Started
Waste Assessment- Quotation - Recycle
Conduct walk-through –process and waste stream
Identify products and more?
Map out any new processes
Connect with internal supporters
Determine logistics
Transportation
Containers (optional)
Processing fees for non-hazardous waste is covered by
MilliporeSigma
Quotation received and accepted
CHWMEG Report or Auditing
Agreement reached
Begin Pick-ups
Employee engagement activities?
Reports on weight recycled
Assess Quote Recycle
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Typical Site Data
Total Weight Data from Frequent Pick Ups
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Date of Pick-up
Weekly Pick-up Scenario
Typical Site Data
Combined Monthly Weight Data from all Pick Ups
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Material Recycled from Single Facility
US Tons
Year Number of Accounts Added
Recycled Amount (US tons)
Percent of Eligible Amount
2015 (9 months) 3 49.64 1.5%
2016 (12 months) 4 409.92 9.1%
Totals (21 months) 7 459.56 5.8%
2016 Re-Cap
Yearly Progress with improved site data
Estimate:
~30 eligible manufacturing sites in the U.S. east region
~12.5 tons waste per month per site
= 4,500 tons per year available
We have captured 9.1% for 2016
YTD Review
Account Totals 2015 - 2017
Account Size LocationTotal
Months in program
2015(US Tons)
2016 (US Tons)
2017 YTD(US Tons)
Total (US Tons)
Large FacilityNew England 20 40.40 140.24 11.3 191.77
Large FacilityNew England 14.5 8.44 125.70 27.35 158.13
Small FacilityNew England 22 0.80 0.70 0.23 1.72
Small BiotechNew England 13 - 6.91 0.67 7.58
Large FacilitySouth East 7 - 72.22 8.93 81.14
Medium FacilityMid-Atlantic 12 - 53.56 26.45 80.01
Medium FacilityNew England 3* - 10.60 - 10.60
Large Facility New England 1.5 - - 25.35 25.35
Large Facility Mid-West Starting** - - -
Totals 24 49.64 409.92 90.81 556.31
*Site is on hold due to reorganization of EHS
** Site has begun collecting, should see shipments in a few weeks
• Continue to look for expansion opportunities
• Engage Mid-western states
• Began in MO, WI, IN
• Investigating west coast solutions
• Invite ideas and conversations
• Location? We can go as far west as the
Mississippi
• Waste generation:
• >7K pounds per month recommended
• Biohazardous classification
• Difficult to recycle products
• Autoclaving
• Growing operations?
• Corporate goals:
• % recycling
• Zero Waste or Zero Landfill
• Employee engagement
• What works & what doesn’t
Moving Forward
Considerations for Starting a Program
At your site On our side
Further Questions?
Contact:
Jacqueline Ignacio
Mike Farrell