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Materials
Three Examples of ‘Reduction’ in Healthcare Packaging
Tekniplex’s Melissa Green spoke at the PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovation Stage, highlighting thinner packaging materials, eliminating secondary packaging when safe, and more robust materials that last a patient longer.
September 12, 2023
Melissa Green speaks about sustainability in healthcare packaging at the 2023 PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovation Stage.
Sustainability
Healthcare Packaging Takeback Programs 101
At Pharmapack Europe, a principal consultant offered a primer on takeback and recycling schemes for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices, offering core principles, business benefits, and healthcare-specific hurdles.
February 9, 2023
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Sustainability
Sustainable Medicines Packaging Awards Finalists Announced
YewMaker
The winners will be announced at Connect In Pharma, a new annual event connecting innovators in pharma and biotech to the world’s leading suppliers and manufacturers.
August 29, 2022
Sustainable Meds Packaging Awards 3 Logos Final
Sustainability
Creating Virgin-Similar Recyclates from Extended Mechanical Recycling
Saperatec will present its delamination approach to composite packaging recycling this fall. A non-chemical, multi-layer delamination recycling plant is set to open in 2023.
July 20, 2022
Saperatec will highlight its multi-layer delamination approach to produce virgin-similar recyclate results.
Pharmaceuticals
Cold Chain Technologies Acquires Packaging Technology Group
Acquisition allows company to expand its leadership in sustainable thermal packaging.
April 15, 2022
Cold Chain Technologies has acquired Packaging Technology Group, LLC, a leading provider of sustainable, curbside-recyclable thermal packaging solutions for the life sciences industry.
Materials
Label Manufacturer Increases Efficiency and Decreases Manpower with Clamshell Packaging
The recycle-ready, stackable clamshell container is easier to use and stocks well in hospitals and pharmacies.
February 23, 2022
Hill reports that the Clamtainer has cut packaging time by 35% per single use.
Podcasts
unPACKed Podcast: Sustainability's Difficult Dance with Life Sciences
Listen as Keren Sookne breaks down the difficult paradox that is sustainability in healthcare packaging, including positive progress and areas that need immediate improvement.
February 4, 2022
unPACKed podcast on Healthcare Sustainability
Sustainability
Technipaq Partners with DuPont™ Tyvek® and Freepoint Eco-Systems to Reduce and Recycle Medical Packaging Plastic Waste
Technipaq Inc.
September 19, 2021
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Sustainability
6 Sustainability Drivers in Temperature-Controlled Logistics
Beyond regulations such as EPR policies, learn in this Take Five video a number of ways the industry is evolving to help you make the switch to more sustainable packaging—including pressure from the financial sector.
August 6, 2021
Hcp Base
Sustainability
30 Sustainability Stories in Healthcare Packaging
In honor of Earth Month, we round up thirty stories of varying lengths and topics in life sciences and personal care packaging sustainability.
April 22, 2021
“The healthcare sector is both a significant contributor to the global planetary health crisis and uniquely burdened by it,” says Practice Greenhealth’s “Why Sustainability” page.
Sustainability
Pelican BioThermal Wins Air Cargo Sustainability Award
The International Air Cargo Association recognizes environmental, social, and economic impact of Crēdo family of reusable packaging.
January 19, 2021
There is a 78% reduction of global warming carbon footprint potential between the single-use and reusable approaches from Pelican BioThermal.
Sustainability
A TPE for sustainable cotton swabs
LastSwab meets EU Directive which bans single-use plastic products ahead of time.
December 23, 2020
The rapid success of LastObject’s reusable cotton swabs shows that the market is ready for alternatives to single-use products. The tip is made of Thermolast M from Kraiburg TPE to meet requirements of durability, cleaning, and skin contact.
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Under the TIA/MWF petition, a single QR code could stand in for the printed compliance leaflets that ship with smartphones today, linking to a regulatory page manufacturers could update after products reach store shelves. For phones, the device itself provides an offline backup. OTC and pharma brands considering the same swap for package inserts have no such fallback.
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Telecom Asks FCC to Let On-pack 2D Codes Replace Printed Regs
Telecom groups want the FCC to let a QR code replace printed regulatory text on device cartons, an idea the agency shelved in 2017. The questions it raises, from code standards to the 1 in 11 U.S. adults without a smartphone, may inform or shape how OTC, pharma, and CPG brands move leaflets and on-pack text online.
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