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Entrepreneur pitches medical-device recycling operation; board says zoning and site review required
Summary
An entrepreneur seeking to establish a medical-device and sharps container recycling operation in the Merrimack Valley presented process details Sept. 9; the Lawrence board asked him to pursue zoning clearance, a nonresidential mill site and to return with a detailed site plan and emissions/noise information.
A presenter who said he owns an electronic-recycling company in southern New Hampshire introduced a proposal Sept. 9 to locate a medical-device recycling facility in the Merrimack Valley that would recover plastics and some metals from sterilized medical devices for reuse. The board encouraged him to confirm zoning clearance and to return with a detailed site and process plan before purchasing equipment.
The presenter described operations as a reverse-logistics collection system for sharps containers and single‑use devices, followed by sterilization (autoclave…
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