Sustainable packaging with Romaco and Liveo Research

Recycable blister packs

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The field of pharmaceutical packaging is one of many in which sustainability is rising to the top of the agenda. Together with Liveo Research, Romaco is taking another step ahead as a sustainability enabler and manufactures blister packs from PET mono-material with its Noack N 760 blister packaging machine. The PVC-free PET/PET blisters reduce the carbon footprint of the end product. What's more, they offer equivalent barrier properties to PVC/aluminium blisters when used as an alternative for products currently packaged in this way.

Around the world, packaging and film manufacturers are carrying out research into alternatives to the standard PVC and aluminium blister packaging commonly used across the globe. These are made of laminate comprising several layers of plastic and aluminium - a complex mix of materials that cannot be sorted or recycled after use and which is therefore incompatible with the circular economy. Blister packs with a forming and lidding film of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) offer a more sustainable solution. This mono-material is approved for use in the primary packaging of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, and can also be recycled.