Consumers have made it known that they want environmentally responsible products, which extends to the packaging. To that end, the industry is making strides toward giving consumers what they want by moving toward a circular economy. A big part of contributing toward a circular economy, though, is what happens to the materials that make up the packaging once it’s served its purpose and gotten the goods to the consumer. For consumers who live in communities with curbside recycling, it can be inconvenient, and frustrating, to end up with a package that can only be recycled in store drop-off programs or not recycled at all.
A factor that contributes to recycling challenges is mixing different material types to make a package. Such is the case with a popular way to deliver pharmaceutical products to consumers — blister packs.