Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with using the ‘Envetec Generations’
It’s been advertised as low energy use and low water use and will disinfect and shred lab plastics that can then be recycled? I was wondering if anyone has used the system before or who have talks with the Envetec team. Why or why did you not choose to use them ?
Thanks!
Hi Kelly,
I’m currently in active discussions with Eventec. The main reason our HazMaterials team is hesitant to move forward for now is that there are no clear case studies of their system being used in a university or healthcare setting.
At present, Dairy Gold is the only company in Ireland using Eventec Generations, and while they’ve kindly offered us the opportunity to visit and assess their experience, the nature of their laboratory work is quite different from what we do in a research environment.
Eventec have offered to set up a trial station, which I’m working to arrange. From our initial conversations, their solution could potentially address many of the challenges we face around clinical waste sustainability.
Best regards,
Dumitru
Hi all,
I have never seen this before, looks awesome if it works!! Though I would like to see how it is validated that all bio is killed at the end.
Very interested to see if anyone has used it too!
Thanks for the heads up 
Kind regards
Lee
Hi Kelly,
We’ve encountered a very similar situation with the Envomed80 system, which is sold by Lampadina. Our main concern, and the reason our Health & Safety team has not approved a pilot on the Guy’s Campus hospital site, relates to the potential for residual chemical contamination in the shredded plastics. Since Envomed80 operates at relatively low sterilisation temperatures, there’s uncertainty about whether chemical traces could persist in the treated material.
From what I’ve gathered, there is at least one hospital in Finland currently using the system to process blood samples, and a few other sites across Europe. However, there still seems to be limited data or independent validation from research or healthcare environments comparable to ours.
Given these factors, our H&S team decided not to support us in moving forward with a trial, despite the system’s potential advantages for on-site waste reduction and sustainability. It would be great to know if institutions in the UK are already using it and can create the case!
Best, Marcelo
Hi Kelly and all,
I investigated this and spoke with a waste consultant about it, who advised the below. So maybe not feasible with current legislation. Frustrating as I think this could be such a good solution.
There are a couple of aspects to this, it is an autoclave, however unless you planned to use this just for microbiological waste as specified in RPS 233 Treating microbiological laboratory waste where it is produced: RPS 233 - GOV.UK you would need to operate this under an environmental permit and that is a whole new world of expense, pain and EA visits. The floc that would come from this system would be a 19 code and you would be classed as a waste management facility. In the US the post treated waste is classed as municipal waste, however in the UK it is not, it must be sent to a site that is permitted to take it. I am not aware of any installations in the UK by this company.
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November 12Hi all,
I have never seen this before, looks awesome if it works!! Though I would like to see how it is validated that all bio is killed at the end.
Very interested to see if anyone has used it too!
Thanks for the heads up
Kind regards
Lee
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