Earth911 Podcast: Desert Harvest Debuts Smart, Refillable Medicine Packaging

Earth911 Podcast: Desert Harvest Debuts Smart, Refillable Medicine Packaging

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Heather Florio, CEO of Desert Harvest, a maker of aloe vera-based dietary dietary supplements, will introduce a refillable good bottle this summer season. Heather explains how the corporate’s refined aloe merchandise relieve the signs of interstitial cystitis, a debilitating illness that primarily impacts girls. Desert Harvest is shifting away from single-use plastic tablet packaging in favor of compostable plant-based refill baggage in addition to good bottles that function Bluetooth connectivity and an app that helps clients handle refills and maintain the packaging out of landfills. The container will probably be accessible to be used with different drugs and can assist caregivers monitor whether or not aged sufferers have taken their each day doses on time. She discusses packaging enhancements wanted for hair and skincare merchandise.

Desert Harvest CEO Heather Florio
Desert Harvest CEO Heather Florio is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

One of the questions Earth911 will get most frequently is the best way to recycle or donate prescription drugs bottles constructed from a sort of #5 plastic that’s seldom recycled. In 2022, Americans are anticipated to fill nearly 4.8 billion prescriptions and buy one other $42 billion value of dietary dietary supplements utilizing packaging that goes largely unrecycled. The Desert Harvest refill program, which features a refill bundle that’s home-compostable, is a singular resolution; and the corporate will settle for end-of-life bottles for recycling by way of a mail-in program. You can study extra about Desert Harvest at desertharvest.com.