How to recycle the tablets blister packs?

Date:2023-12-12 11:12:13/ FAQ / Chat Online/ Leave message

Tablets blister packs are normally made of one type of plastic(PET/PVC) , which are heat-sealed with a thin layer of aluminum foil together, which can be recycled into aluminum and plastic for profit. Well, how to recycle the tablets blister packs? In this article, I will introduce some simple ways to recycle tablets blister packs. Let's have a look.

1. By burning the plastic to recycle the tablets blister packs

recycle the tablets blister packsFire burning

Fire burning is the traditional way of recycling tablets blister packs. Through burning the plastic of tablets blister packs to get plastic. This is an easy way to separate aluminum from the tablets blister packs, however, it is not separated cleanly. Some plastics will stick to the aluminum particles, and the sorting purity is low. Besides, the incineration of plastic may lead to the generation of hazardous pollutants such as nitrous oxide, sulfur oxides and Cl-containing dioxins, which will pollute the environment.

2. By dissolving the plastic to recycle the tablets blister packs

recycle the tablets blister packsChemical dissolving

Chemical dissolution is also a method to recycle tablets blister packs. At first, the discarded tablets blister packs impurity will be cleaned, and then pour the cleaned tablets blister packs into the chemical solvent, later put them together in the reactor to react, thereby dissolving the plastic, and finally aluminum will be obtained. However, the process of chemical dissolving is pretty complicated, which leads to the high energy consumption and recycling cost. Moreover, due to its high corrosiveness and toxicity, it is considered a safety and environmental hazard.

3. By using medical blister packs recycling machine to recycle the tablets blister packs

recycle the tablets blister packsMedical blister packs recycling machine

Medical blister packs recycling machine is the modern method to recycle the tablets blister packs. It adopts dry type physical separation method to separate aluminum from the tablets blister packs through crushing, grinding, sieving and electrostatic separation. The whole working process uses no water, no fire, or chemical solution, which is a totally environmental friendly way. Besides, taking advantages of the different conductivity of aluminum and plastic, the separation rate is pretty high as well as 99%. [Related Reading: How to separate aluminum from plastic?]

recycle the tablets blister packsFinal products and application

The separated aluminum and plastic from tablets blister packs, by using medical blister packs recycling machine, is clean and pure. The aluminum could be made aluminum ingot or sold directly, the plastic could be used as granules to make new plastic, or sell to the plastic processing plants to be used for making any plastic products, such as plastic tube and plastic sheet.

Henan Doing is a professional medical blister packs recycling machinery manufacture, so if you want to recycle the tablets blister packs, and need medical blister packs recycling machine, welcome to contact us to get free quotation feel free.

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