Polyfoil MMB mono-material tubes, designed to be recyclable, landed top honors in the Excellence in Sustainability at the recent Pharmapack Awards program.
Romaco’s Push Packs, made from recyclable polyolefin laminate, are the ‘first ever’ recyclable unit dose packaging for solid drug products, according to the company.
In any laboratory, or indeed in any pharmaceutical manufacturing
facility, one of the major expenses will be solvents. And just like
the price of petrol and diesel it just keeps going up and up.
Huw Kidwell examines how a new recycling...
Larger, high-value, reusable containers will drive demand for rigid
packaging by 3.5 per cent each year, reaching $6.6bn in 2011,
according to a new report.
The UK's Environment Agency has reminded all industrial operators
who want to continue to burn waste after the end of this month that
they must apply for a new permit before 31 March.
Bonar Plastics has developed a new container for hazardous liquids
that reduces the risk of spillages, is easy and safe for operators
to clean, and can be monitored using wireless technologies.
UK companies producing hazardous waste - including the
pharmaceutical industry - are facing a dramatic reduction in the
number of landfill sites in the UK that will accept the material.
