DuPont announced the launch of Tyvek with Renewable Attribution (RA), an extension of the existing portfolio of Tyvek products for healthcare packaging that offers a significantly reduced carbon footprint, helping to enable more sustainable healthcare packaging.

The  Attribution is enabled by the partial replacement of fossil fuel feedstock with certified bio-circular feedstock during the production of raw materials used in Tyvek manufacturing. This is achieved through the mass balance approach, in accordance with International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS).

Tyvek with Renewable Attribution is designed to help reduce the carbon footprint of a product while providing a drop-in solution that can be seamlessly integrated into existing healthcare packaging products.

The use of certified bio-circular feedstock attributed to Tyvek using the mass balance approach enables significantly lower CO2 emissions compared to current Tyvek® products and helps to reduce the use of fossil fuels. DuPont has achieved ISCC PLUS Certification for its Tyvek facilities at the Richmond, Virginia, and Luxembourg manufacturing sites. This helps ensure credible measurement, tracking, and attribution of certified bio-circular feedstocks replacing fossil fuel derived resources. 

"Tyvek has long been a trusted choice for helping to enable patient safety through superior microbial barrier, exceptional strength and durability, breathability, and recyclability. We are proud to continue this dedicated focus on product performance, quality and reliability, in a manner that now also supports the healthcare packaging industry’s efforts to advance sustainability.” said David Domnisch, Vice President and General Manager, Tyvek and Typar at DuPont.

"Tyvek with Renewable Attribution reflects our steadfast commitment towards taking action to deliver more sustainable products that can be seamlessly integrated into existing healthcare packaging production processes, while helping enable meaningful Scope 3 emission reductions in the healthcare packaging value chain, in line with our core value of protecting the planet.”