Can tablet blister packs be recycled? How to recycle the medical tablet blister packs?

The tablet blister packs have become the most important packaging method for medicine tablets and capsules. They are usually made of aluminum and plastic. As we all know, the aluminum is 100% recyclable, and the plastic is also can be made into other production. So it is certain that the tablet blister packs can be recycled. Then we will meet the other question: How to recycle tablet blister packs? How to separate aluminum and plastic from tablet blister packs? I will introduce three ways to recycle the tablet blister packs in this article.

The first way is the traditional way: Burning.

To recycling tablet blister packs by burning

By burning the tablet blister packs directly, the plastic will burn to ashes, well the aluminum will left. However, this way has many disadvantages. For example, it may make some aluminum burned, which will lead to waste of aluminum. And the black smoke it generated will pollute the air, leading to do harm to human health. So this way is not recommended.

The second way is the chemical way: Melting

To recycling tablet blister packs by melting

This way is to add some chemical solvent into the water, then put the tablet blister packs in the water. The aluminum and plastic will be separated easily due to the chemical reactions. But this way will produce a lot of waste water, so that the environment will be polluted. And the cost on the chemical solvent is large if you want to recycle huge amount tablet blister packs. It is not cost-effective.

The third way is the mechanical way: Medical blister packs recycling machine.

Medical blister packs recycling machine

This machine adopts dry type physical separation, which will not produce waste water, air and chemicals. It is an environmental friendly machine. And it has many advantages, like high working efficiency, small footprint and low cost. The important advantage is it has high separation rate. Through the procedure of crushing, grinding, sieving and air separation, you will get aluminum with the purity of 99%.

Except the three ways, there are other ways to recycle tablet blister packs. You can choose the suitable way to recycle tablet blister packs. But if you want to recycle tablet blister packs by using medical blister packs recycling machine, welcome to contact us.