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1.4. Packaging Materials and Formats
Packaging plays an integral part in achieving and maintaining the integrity of our
products as they are transported throughout the supply chain.
The very nature of our products makes modifications to packaging with direct
product contact challenging as significant limitations exist in the selection of
materials as product safety and product efficacy are of paramount importance.
Materials used for secondary and tertiary packaging are selected to ensure
temperature stability, transportability and storage which also ensure product
integrity throughout the supply chain. Secondary and tertiary packaging and the
treatment of recyclable packaging waste is an area which undergoes continuous
improvement and actions have been included in our 2011-15 action plan in
Section 3 for further enhancement.
Table 1.4-1 lists our major packaging materials and their formats.
Materials
Aluminium
Composites
Plastics
Paper
Cardboard
Glass
Formats
Caps
Blister Packs
Flow wrap / Stoppers / Syringes
Leaflets / Carton Inserts
Cartons / Shippers
Bottles / Vials
Other*
Eskies / Needles / Packaging Tape / Pallets
Table 1.4-1 Major Packaging Materials and Formats.
As part of our 2009/10 report under the NPC, it was estimated that
approximately 281.4 tonnes of packaging was used for products manufactured
and in-licensed by CSL Biotherapies, compared to 253.7 tonnes for 2008/09. 1
Glass and cardboard
remain the predominant
packaging materials for
both CSL manufactured
and in-licensed products.
Glass is used vials and
bottles, whilst cardboard
is used to contain,
protect and transport
product.
Figure 1.4-1 Packaging quantities trend
An outline of the implementation process of the Sustainable Packaging
Guidelines (SPG) is detailed in Section 2.3.
1 2009/10 includes packaging from in-licensed products.
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