Matthias Birkhoff, Vice President Business Development at Aptar Pharma, and Christophe Marie, Director Product Sustainability at AptarGroup, have penned an article that provides a practical comparison of its Ophthalmic Squeeze Dispenser (OSD) and traditional Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) single use eye drops and their inherent differences from plastics waste and waste formulation perspectives. Based on LCA calculations with Aptar’s Eco-Design tool, savings of CO2 emissions due to considerable packaging material reduction with the OSD multi-dose versus BFS single-use vials have been evaluated. Furthermore, the Eco-Design tool helps Aptar Pharma to develop or optimize its devices that maximize sustainability and minimize their impact on the environment.
The article includes numerous real-life examples of how Aptar Pharma’s sustainability initiatives have resulted in measurable improvements for its drug delivery technologies through such design and optimization.
