Are blister packs recyclable? How do we recycle blister packs?

A blister pack is the packaging used to store tablets, pills, and other medication for sale or prescription. They are normally made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, which are covered by a thin layer of aluminum foil.

Waste medical blister packs

As we all know, aluminum and plastic are recyclable materials, which can be sold directly in the metal trading market, especially aluminum has a pretty high price, about USD 2600. Nowadays, in our life around, home can be seen a lot of has used up the blister packs, so how do we recycle the blister packs?

Directly landfill or open burning methods seriously pollute the environment and waste the value of the medical blister. Because there is a large amount of aluminum and plastic in it. So blister packs can be recycled, and it’s going to generate pretty good economic returns.

People usually dispose of blisters packs by direct landfill or open burning. However, these method will seriously pollute the environment and waste the value of blisters packs. The other method is chemical separation, but it needs chemical raw materials and plenty of water, which will cause secondary pollution to the environment, and the cost of water pollution treatment is even higher. Moreover, it the method of chemical separation will affect the life and health of residents.

Aluminum plastic recycling machine

So, how do we recycle the blister packs safely and efficiently? With our Henan DOING company’s reach and exploration, a set of aluminum plastic recycling machine has been developed. It uses physical methods to separate aluminum from plastic, which is completely pollution-free to the environment and has a high recycling rate.

Working process of aluminum plastic recycling machine

The working process of aluminum plastic recycling machine is very easy. Firstly, it separates blister packs into small particles through crushing. And then they will be ground into small powder through grinding. Next, an eddy-vibrating screen will be used to control the size of powder; the over-sized powder will be sent back to the grinder for secondary grinding. At last, the small powder will go through the screen to the electrostatic separator. Electrostatic separator will separate aluminum from plastic according to the different conductivity of metal and non-metal.

After the processing of medical pharmaceutical blister aluminum plastic sorting recycling machine, we can get high purity and quality of aluminum and plastic.

Final products and application

Aluminum: The separated aluminum has good quality, which can be sold directly, or you can make it into new products, like bubble brick, aluminum ingot, firework, etc, and sell.

Plastic: The plastic is usually granulated into other products, like blister sheet,tray, wires coat, etc. The price will be a little higher than selling directly.

According to statistics, pharmaceutical factories have will use tens of thousands of tons of aluminum plastic plates boards to package drugs every year. Therefore, there is a huge market potential to recycle blister packs with aluminum plastic recycling machine. If you want to start this business and need aluminum plastic recycling machine, welcome to contact us.