Cook Medical, a global medical device manufacturer, has announced a new collaboration to incorporate DuPont™ Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution into its medical device packaging. Together with Nelipak® Healthcare Packaging, an Authorized Converter of Tyvek® Healthcare Packaging products, Cook is taking action to deliver more sustainable product packaging that can be seamlessly integrated into existing healthcare packaging production processes.
The project involves the use of Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution in the packaging of Cook Medical’s Compass BDS® Biliary Plastic Stent and Resonance® Metallic Ureteral Stent, helping enable more sustainable healthcare packaging by reducing product carbon footprint and dependence on fossil fuels.
“We are committed to making sustainable choices across our business,” said Barry Slowey, chief sustainability officer at Cook Medical. “By integrating Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution into our packaging, we are taking meaningful steps toward reducing our carbon footprint and promoting environmentally responsible practices. We are excited to be an early adopter of this innovative offering, and we look forward to bringing it to our customers.”
“Nelipak® has long been an Authorized Converter of Tyvek®, delivering innovative healthcare packaging solutions worldwide. By including Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution, supplied from our ISCC PLUS certified sites, in our Ecovate® sustainable product portfolio, we are taking an important step to help our medical device customers achieve their carbon footprint reduction goals,” said Pat Chambliss, CEO at Nelipak®.
DuPont™ Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution has significantly lower CO2 emissions compared to conventional Tyvek®, while retaining its trusted performance and quality. The carbon footprint reduction of Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution is enabled by the partial replacement of fossil fuel materials with certified renewable sources.
This is achieved through the mass balance approach, in accordance with the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) system. The use of certified bio-circular feedstock attributed to Tyvek® enables lower CO2 emissions and helps to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
“To protect our planet, we need to be innovative, passionate, and most importantly, collaborative. We are excited to work with like-minded, industry-inspiring organizations, such as Cook Medical and Nelipak®, who are helping to lead the way toward the use of more sustainable solutions in healthcare packaging,” said David Domnisch, vice president and general manager, DuPont Tyvek®.