Over The Counter: Solving The Sustainable Pill Pack Puzzle, With PA Consulting’s Tony Perrotta
Executive Summary
In this episode of the updated Over The Counter podcast, HBW Insight speaks to sustainable packaging expert Tony Perrotta about the complexities of replacing plastic pill packs in medicines packaging. Perrotta is a partner at PA Consulting, which set up the Blister Pack Collective alongside consumer health players Haleon, Bayer and Sanofi. They are working with PulPac, which has invented a dry molded fiber alternative to plastic, which the Collective hopes to commercialize within 12-24 months. We discuss whether regulators will accept such alternatives, given the safety and stability requirements for medicines, and the challenges of recycling, given the multitude of different frameworks and processes across the world. Perrotta also reveals that one of the partners in PA Consulting’s Bottle Collective, which hopes to replace plastic bottles in the food, personal care and consumer health industries, will soon launch its first market trial.
Further Reading
Sanofi Joins Push For Plastic-Free Blister Packs
There’s ‘No Silver Bullet’ For Making Medicines Packaging Sustainable
EU Parliament Stricter Than Council On Medicines And Medical Devices Packaging
Unilever Adjusts Sustainable Plastic Goals As Industry Aspirations Meet Systemic Realities
Infographic: EU Sustainability Legislation All In One Place
Further Listening
What You Need To Know About The EU Green Claims Directive, With PHD’s Jo Stephenson