DuPont Announces Winners of the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging 2024 Awards
An awards program focused on celebrating sustainable innovation throughout the healthcare packaging lifecycle
Thank you visiting the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Award site. Applications being accepted NOW! The deadline to submit an application for the current awards program is May 23, 2025. You can learn more about last year’s winners and more about the 2025 program criteria below.
The Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards are open to any medical device, pharmaceutical, and sterile packaging manufacturer; healthcare facility; materials recovery facility; university; or other healthcare partner focused on sustainable packaging made with Tyvek®. Entries should be implemented within the last 18 months and show significant sustainably focused initiative and resulting metrics.
For more information about Eligibility Criteria for Entrants you can check the link.
For medical device & pharmaceutical manufacturers or sterile packaging manufacturers. Have you been able to reduce packaging components by size or weight? Have you implemented mono-materials for ease of recycling or a package (re)design effort to support your sustainability goals?
For medical device & pharmaceutical manufacturers or sterile packaging manufacturers. Have you started printing in-line instead of applying labels? Maybe you've been able to reduce your sterilization cycle time or maximize your sterilization load?
For healthcare facilities, material recovery facilities, or universities. Have you developed a recycling program or a novel way to remove packaging waste from your facility? Have you implemented or are you partnering with others on an advanced recycling program?
Thierry Wagner has spent over 30 years working for DuPont in its polyester films and nonwovens businesses and is currently the Global Director, Regulatory & Standards – Healthcare, DuPont – Safety & Construction. He is convenor of ISO/TC 198/WG7 “Sterilization of Health Care Products—Packaging” and CEN/ TC 102/WG4 “Sterilizers and associated equipment for processing of medical devices – Packaging”, past-chairman of the Sterile Barrier Association (SBA), member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and actively involved in various ISO and CEN technical committees on medical and pharmaceutical packaging, sterilization and aseptic processing. Thierry is also a member of ISO/TC 210 in charge of ISO 13485 and medical device symbols (ISO 15223 series), ASTM Committee F02 and of the CEN Advisory Board for Healthcare Standards - Europe (CEN ABHS). He earned a master's degree in mechanical and process engineering from ETH Zürich in Switzerland. He is a featured speaker at international conferences and seminars on medical and pharmaceutical packaging regulatory aspects.
Kelsey serves as the Global Sustainability Leader for DuPont Personal Protection within the Water & Protection Business, where she develops climate and sustainability action plans. She has a passion for bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders to deliver solutions to complex sustainability challenges. Prior to joining DuPont in 2021, Kelsey managed corporate sustainability programs in the distribution and transportation sectors. She holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. Kelsey received a BS in Environmental Science from Drexel University and a MS in Applied Geosciences from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of the Harvard University Executive Education in Sustainability Leadership Program. Kelsey and her husband live in Hampton Roads, VA and where they love to spend time outdoors with their young children.
Tracy Taszarek is a people-focused Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) professional with over two decades of experience managing EHS programs across office, manufacturing, and field-based environments. Known for her strong communication skills and collaborative approach, she is passionate about ensuring compliance and driving continuous improvement in workplace health and safety. Tracy leads the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), a private technical consortium of industry peers across the manufacturing, healthcare, and recycling industries seeking to improve the recyclability of plastic products and packaging used within healthcare.
Nina Minney leads corporate sustainability at Vizient, a performance improvement company serving the U.S. healthcare industry. Prior to joining Vizient, Nina led ESG advisory projects at Antea Group and worked closely with the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), a private technical consortium of manufacturing, healthcare and recycling leaders seeking to improve circularity of plastic products and packaging used in healthcare. Nina also helped launch the ESG program at a publicly traded software company and oversaw the publication of its first two sustainability reports. Her earlier experience includes public relations, reputation management and corporate communications for industries including technology, manufacturing and mobility. She is based in Dallas, Texas.
Dr Karlheinz Hausmann, Sr Advisor with Dow Europe GmbH in Horgen, Switzerland is holding a doctoral degree in Material Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Engineering degree of the FAU (Friedrich Alexander Universität) Erlangen-Nürnberg He has more than 30 years of experience in polyethylen and ethylene copolymers. He joined DuPont in 1987 in Geneva to work Packaging and Industrial Business Unit. Here he had a number of R&D and Technical and Market Development assignments including packaging, polymer modification, cosmetic packaging and automotive and started the development of DuPonts reactive modifier and compatibilizer business for polymer modification and recycling. As global sustainability leader he has been contributing to the development of the sustainability strategy of DuPonts Packaging and Industrial Polymers business unit After the merger between DuPont and Dow in 2017 he has been heavily involved in Sustainability aspects associated with recycling and lightweighting of packaging Structures as SR TS&D Fellow at Dow Europe in Horgen, Switzerland In his current function as Sr Advisor he is also representing Dow in various industry Organisations and working groups on circular economy aspects such as CEFLEX, RecyClass and PCEP. Karlheinz serves also as elected member of the steering boards of both CEFLEX and RecyClass organisations.
Winner awards & benefits
* Recognition during MPC 2025
* Abstract presentation at MPC 2025
* Use of the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Award logo for product and brand promotions
* Social media and press release coverage
* A trophy to commemorate your award-winning sustainability efforts
* Published case study for winning products or initiatives
* Featured spotlight on the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Award website
PAXXUS designed the StreamTwo® pouch to address the demand for a recycle-ready solution in the medical device market. One side of the pouch is made from uncoated Tyvek®, chosen for its durability, breathability, and recyclability. The Tyvek® is paired with a coextruded HDPE film and PAXXUS’ Allegro® T sealant, creating an all-HDPE pouch structure that is recycle-ready for the #2 HDPE stream.
Shawpak developed an innovative rotary thermoformer designed to accept multiple tool and pack sizes, and form both rigid and flexible blisters. This cutting-edge technology allows Tyvek® to be easily paired with rigid or flexible materials— facilitating single piece flow for assembly and packaging of medical devices in a clean room environment.
Utilizing cutting-edge UV laser technology and 2FS Tyvek® material, Flexform generates high-speed permanent packing marks including text, graphics, barcodes and variable information without the use of combustible materials. Their process allows for more efficiency, less waste, and environmental responsibility as ink and ribbon printing can render packaging unfit for recyclability.