The Huhtamaki Push Tab blister top is made of mono-material PET (polyethylene terephthalate) which essentially further develops recyclability of the packaging, while staying viable with existing elite execution bristle packaging lines, without requiring adjustments or additional speculation. Huhtamaki and its accomplice - Klöckner Pentaplast - carry this item to assist the worldwide medical services and drug area with meeting their maintainability targets while meeting market development. In 2021, European bundling deals in the medical care class had an expected worth of EUR 1.4 billion, of which roughly half were in blister packaging. 

“We are proud to partner with Klöckner Pentaplast to bring Push Tab blister lid to market and continue to shape the sustainable future of pharmaceutical and flexible packaging. This innovation is designed as part of our blue loop platform, enabling us to speed up innovation and improve circularity in high-performance flexible packaging solutions. We are working hard to turn all our products into mono-material fully recyclable structures. In addition, we are collaborating with partners across the value chain to deliver innovation that helps ensure that ambitious sustainability targets around the globe can be met,” says Marco Hilty, president, flexible packaging at Huhtamaki. 

“The pharmaceutical industry is proactively searching for sustainable packaging solutions that enable recyclability. Since blister packaging traditionally contains multiple materials, it is difficult to recycle them in a single recycling stream. Push Tab blister lid solves this problem because it is made of mono PET. Push Tab runs on existing blister packaging lines and is a plug-and-play solution, which means no additional investment is needed for our customers. This newly developed unique technology makes PET based lid film pushable and secures easy access to the tablet for the consumer.” says Tobias Fackler, senior manager of the healthcare business unit at Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging.