Sustainability in biopharma packaging
In the biopharma industry and life sciences, sustainability is becoming an increasingly important consideration in drug development, packaging design and packaging materials. One way this is being addressed is through the use of single-use bags and shells, which can be more environmentally friendly than multi-use options that require cleaning and sterilization.
Single-use bags are a widely used primary packaging option for the safe storage and transport of frozen drug substances. Nevertheless, studies suggest that single-use technologies are more environment-friendly than stainless-steel systems.4
However, there is also a growing push to develop more sustainable multi-use options for secondary packagings. Packaging companies like Single Use Support is working on innovative solutions, such as multi-use shells for single-use bags, to reduce waste in the packaging process.
With the focus on eco-friendly options increasing, the use of sustainable pharma packaging is set to become more widespread. Nevertheless, also the single-use RoSS shell contributes to sustainable secondary packagings, since its few components are easy to recycle.
Single Use Support’s tertiary packaging materials for outbound shipping are selected to fulfill sustainability criteria. The card boxes used are out of 80% recycled material and the standard pallet boxes to supply customers are highly suitable for recycling. Learn more about recycling of a single-use bag shell in our article: Mission completed – and now? How RoSS® Shell is to be recycled.4 5