Kimberly-Clark Professional Partners with TerraCycle

Kimberly-Clark Professional, a global company in contamination control solutions for laboratories and cleanrooms, and TerraCycle, an "upcycling" company, have joined forces to help pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities recycle cleanroom garments, including coveralls, hoods, boot covers, hair nets and masks.

 

Through the collaboration, Kimberly-Clark Professional will become among the first to implement a large scale recycling program for non-traditional cleanroom waste streams, and TerraCycle will make its first voyage into the business-to-business market.

 

"We are constantly looking to offer our customers innovations that will positively impact their productivity and profitability while preserving the environment," says Heather Torrey, Scientific Customer and Channel Marketing manager, Global Scientific Business at Kimberly-Clark Professional. "The recycling program with TerraCycle further extends our sustainability initiatives, saving time, materials and ultimately money."

 

"To partner with an industry leader like Kimberly-Clark Professional to launch our first business-to-business collection program is a fantastic opportunity," says Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle. "Providing end-of-life solutions for previously difficult-to-recycle items from cleanrooms is an exciting new direction for TerraCycle and could have massive industry-wide impact."