Game-changing technology allows lateral flow tests to be recycled.

An innovative recycling company have come up with a solution for the masses of waste rapid flow covid-19 tests piling up.

ReWorked (www.reworked.com) are the first in the UK, perhaps even the world, to offer to recycle lateral flow testing kits.

As many as 384 million kits have been ordered by the UK government*, all of which are currently going to landfill or being incinerated. This new solution means they can now be recycled into children's chairs, outdoor furniture, shopfitting materials and even PPE collection bins!

The service is available to schools, workplaces, individuals using large amounts of the tests considered non-clinical. The campaign hailed #ReclaimTheTest ReWorked sell PPE recycling boxes (https://www.reworked.com/product/ppe-recycling-box-face-mask-covid-waste/) & bins (https://www.reworked.com/product/sanitiser-ppe-bin/) which are designed to collect single-use facemasks, gloves, visors and now rapid tests.

Izzie Glazzard, ReWorked, said, "The emergence of an entirely new single-use plastic waste stream is a cause for concern for our already vulnerable environment.

Providing safe solutions to avoid further landfill usage or incineration & releasing more Co2 is our utmost priority - and we believe it should be the priority of businesses, establishments & individuals using these tests too."

Undeniably the Covid-19 pandemic has been responsible for floods of new plastic waste streams, with the prevalence of disposable facemasks, gloves, visors etc.

With scientists predicting there are now more facemasks in the ocean than jellyfish, the problem is clearly out of control.

But as the test & trace efforts evolve, rapid testing is available twice weekly to the general public, presenting a whole new plastic waste issue that needs to be addressed.

Visit ReWorked to find out more about PPE & lateral flow test recycling - www.reworked.com

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