ENKORE
Project information
- Full title: Propelling the shift toward the future of circular, safe and sustainable packaging and single use device ecoDesigned solutions through healthcare environments
- Duration: 48 months (January 2025 – December 2028)
- Status: ongoing
- Funding programme: the project is a HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Action co-funded by the European Union, under HORIZON-JU-IHI-2023-04-two-stage.
What will the project do?
The ENKORE project tackles challenges in applying circular economy principles in healthcare, focusing on safe, eco-friendly medical devices and packaging. By integrating circularity at the design stage, ENKORE’s goal is to reduce environmental impact, cut carbon emissions, and maximise resource efficiency.
What are the expected outcomes?
- Validating the ecoDesign framework for medical devices and packaging.
- Providing practical tools for assessing environmental and social.
- Creating quantifiable evidence for policymakers to revise standards and regulations.
- Improving circularity in healthcare, reducing environmental and carbon footprints.
- Enhancing resource efficiency while maintaining safety and compliance.
What is EPFs role?
EPF will activate the patient community and will hold a central role in communicating and disseminating project results to a wider audience to promote awareness among citizens and patients' communities, and to maximise the impact of the overall activities of the READI project.
Consortium
The consortium is led by the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and composed of 39 partners from 17 countries:
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Medtronic Ibérica
- Sofradim Production SASU
- PredictBy
- Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
- Universiteit Leiden
- Politechnika Poznańska
- Institute of Bio-Medical Technology (INBIT)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
- Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi
- Consorci Mar Parc de Salut de Barcelona
- TWI Hellas
- Fundación Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
- Samenwerkende Topklinische Opleidingsziekenhuizen (STZ)
- OSAI Automation System SPA
- Agenzia Regionale per la Salute ed il Sociale (AReSS)
- European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)
- Verlab Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Medical Devices, and AI
- Greek Patients Association (GPA)
- Sterimed Holding
- Servicio Madrileño de Salud
- Multimed Engineers
- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)
- Happy Mondays Communication SL
- Pfizer Inc
- Novo Nordisk A/S
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG
- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- DuPont de Nemours Luxembourg SARL
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
- International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
- European Patients’ Forum (EPF)
- Baxter R&D Europe
- Activage Association
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