AMBU EXPANDS RECYCLING PROGRAM TO INCLUDE VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE BLADES

Ambu has achieved another key milestone in its commitment to driving circular innovation in healthcare. The company’s pioneering endoscope recycling program – the Ambu^® Recircle Program – will be expanded beyond endoscopes to also include blades from Ambu’s single-use video laryngoscope, Ambu^® SureSight™ Connect.

Ambu’s video laryngoscope is part of the company’s Respiratory offering and is designed to support clinicians during intubation and upper airway procedures, for both routine and complex airway management procedures.

Ambu has initiated a feasibility study to determine how its Ambu^® SureSight™ Connect blades can be seamlessly integrated into the recycling program alongside endoscopes. The company expects that customers will be able to recycle video laryngoscope blades in 2026.

“I am proud that we continue to lead the way with an innovative and practical approach to reducing the carbon footprint of the healthcare industry. The expansion of our Ambu^® Recircle Program is a natural next step in expanding our recycling efforts across multiple solutions, reinforcing our commitment to our customers as a full-service partner.”

BRITT MEELBY JENSEN
Chief Executive Officer

REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT VIA CIRCULARITY AND RECYCLING 
As the market leader in single-use endoscopy, Ambu recognizes the industry’s urgent need to address environmental challenges head-on. By advancing its commitment to circularity in the healthcare industry, Ambu is helping hospitals take meaningful climate action, while continuing to deliver high-quality patient care through advanced medical solutions.

Ambu launched its recycling program in June 2025, providing customers with an option to collect and recycle used Ambu endoscopes for new non-medical purposes. Currently, 28 hospitals across Germany, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom have joined the program.

The Ambu^® Recircle Program is built on a circular approach, delivering a fully traceable and regulation-compliant recycling process for hospitals. From the moment an Ambu endoscope or video laryngoscope blade is collected after use, it undergoes a thorough process – including cleaning, shredding, and material recovery – to make sure useful materials are not thrown away or burned but reused as much as possible in new non-medical products.¹

This end-to-end approach reflects Ambu’s commitment to reducing environmental impact across the entire product lifecycle, from raw material sourcing to post-use recovery, aimed to help both hospitals and Ambu lower their carbon footprints. This commitment is further supported by Ambu’s pioneering efforts integrating bioplastic materials² into the handle of its fleet of single-use endoscopes, a milestone that Ambu achieved in 2024 as the first endoscopy company in the world.

ABOUT AMBU’S APPROACH TO CIRCULARITY

Ambu is committed to embedding principles of the circular economy across the entire lifecycle of its solutions and packaging to support a more sustainable healthcare system. In a circular economy, the goal is to keep products, materials, and resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them while in use, and then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of their service life. The recycling of medical devices, however, is not a straightforward prospect for hospitals. Due to medical risks, the regulations are comprehensive and complex. On top of this, the logistics, workforce, and tools required make it a daunting project to embark on and requires a structured plan and open collaboration from the medical device provider. The Ambu® Recircle Program ensures that the materials used in Ambu endoscopes are recycled and entered back into circularity to the maximum possible effect. Once collected, the endoscopes go through a specialized, high-quality recycling process in collaboration with trusted partners who are committed to advancing innovative recycling technologies and working closely with manufacturers to maximize material recovery and value extraction. Ambu maintains an ongoing dialogue with partners to ensure that, as recycling technologies and market demands evolve, the company remains at the forefront of material recovery.

¹ With Ambu's recycling program, plastics from used Ambu endoscopes are collected, recycled, and repurposed into new, non-medical products – such as the chairs and tables featured on stage at our Capital Markets Day 2025 (view attachment).

² The bioplastic material that Ambu is introducing in its fleet of single-use endoscopes is derived from a mix of bio-based second-generation feedstock and fossil-based feedstock, e.g., recycled food waste. Read more about Ambu’s use of bioplastics on the company’s website.