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Rexam PLC: Sustainable drug oval and CR closure

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The amber, oval drug bottle for cough syrups and other liquids sold in pharmacies is one of the most well-recognized containers in the pharmaceutical space. Now, however, there’s an environmentally friendly twist with the Greener Package Award-winning green or amber PCR PET drug oval with child-resistant Clic-Loc closure from Rexam PLC (www.rexam.com).

Introduced in October 2008, the bottle is “the first and only sustainable PET drug oval to the marketplace,” according to Tom Ryder, director of marketing and product management for Rexam Primary and Rx Packaging. The PET resin (whose supplier is deemed proprietary) is stretch blow-molded at Rexam’s Berlin, OH, facility into 2-, 3-, 4-, 6-, 8-, 12-, and 16-oz green or amber containers, the same sizes as the company’s virgin PET line. “We challenged our materials group to develop a 100-percent post-consumer recycled-material solution for application in our long-standing PET drug oval product line.

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