Sustainability advantages

Reduces transportation

Envomed is designed to handle medical waste at the

hospital site, which prevents infectious waste from
being transported across the country. On site
disinfection removes the risk of public exposure and
environmental harm in case of a malfunction,
accident or when the procedures are not strictly
followed

Reduces waste volume

The shredding process results in up-to 80%

reduction in the volume of waste, and prevents the
need to store it before treatment. Immediate
treatment prevents risks to hospital staff as well as
reducing the attraction of rodents. The small
volume remaining after the shredding can easily be
transported to municipal evacuation sites.

Reduces CO2 emissions

Envomed consumes less than 1kw per cycle of 80

liters. In a full working day of 24 cycles the
consumption is less than 24kw. This consumption is
very low and negligible compared to autoclave and
.microwave devices which consume a lot of energy

Uses environment friendly disinfectant

The disinfectant used in Envomed is Peracetic Acid,

which is recognized as an environmentally “Green”
substance since it contains Hydrogen peroxide and
Acetic Acid. The hydrogen peroxide disintegrates after
the process into water and oxygen, and the acetic acid
is a natural substance found in edible vinegar which is
not harmful to the environment.
 Prevention of odor during the sterilization process

The process produces no odor at all - especially

notable when compared to heat-based machines. This
is a great advantage for the employees and the
environment.

Reduces use of plastic containers

In Western Europe, it was found that approximately

one-third of the weight of medical waste is actually
plastic packaging intended for the transportation of
the waste outside the hospital. Once the Envomed
machine has treated waste inside a hospital, the
hospitals only require plastic bags to contain the
remnants, thereby saving massive use of plastic
packaging which is destroyed without recycling in the
existing sterilization process.

The ability to recycle Waste after sterilization

After the chemical sterilization, the sterile waste can

be separated and recycled for reuse, thus making the
infectious waste treatment process sustainable for
the first time. This is currently being implemented as
a pilot in Sweden and should become standard in
other locations.

Confidence in the sterilization efficacy

Envomed's sterilization process has been proven to

be effective by official laboratories and approved by
the Israeli Ministry of Health as a recommended
technology for medical waste sterilization. The
largest hospital chain in Israel has chosen Envomed
and adopted the technology due to the efficiency and
safety of its sterilization process as well as the
additional advantages of the technology.