Consumers want development of recycled, recyclable, biodegradeable, and biocompostable packaging. Remember when consumer pressure forced McDonalds to stop using CFCs in its take-out containers? Scrutiny of packaging and expectations of environmental responsibility hardly eased up since then.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are taking over for glass in the single-serve wine and barbecue sauce markets. The lightweight bottles save shipping costs, don’t break, and are more easily recycled.
Pharmaceuticals packaged by blow molding, sterile filling, and hermetic sealing, which require minimal operator intervention, are less prone to contamination and can have ergonomic features like droppers and twist-off caps.
