Renocrit Injection – A Promise To Sustainability Goals
Company:
Zydus Lifesciences Limited
Country: India
Category: Medical and Pharmaceutical
Renocrit 2000 IU/0.5Ml Injection is a high value and important product used in treatment of cancer. Product needs storage and transportation condition of 2 to 8 degree centigrade (cold chain). Product is supplied in glass PFS (Pre Filled Syringe) and needs protection against breakage to avoid huge loss on account of glass breakage. Our focus towards ecofriendly and sustainable packaging, made us to realize that packaging of this existing product can be changed to reduce packaging waste, increase recyclability, reduce energy consumption and to optimize transportation/storage cost and space. We changed tray holding glass PFS from two-piece (PVC Lid + HIPS Base) to single piece (PVC Base tray) tray with reduced weight and size. Size is reduced by 40 % and total weight is reduced by 78%. Similar savings in secondary and tertiary is also achieved. Reduction in storage and transportation cost and energy consumption is achieved up to 50%.
Total packaging system right from primary packaging to transportation up to final destination was revisited keeping main objective of sustainability. The main focus was on to reduce size and weight of packaging materials. Apart from reduction in packaging waste, this has helped to reduce refrigeration storage space at hospitals, fuel and energy savings in cold chain transportation, up to 50 %.
Due to reduction in tray size, 24 units were produced against 10 trays in each cycle. This has helped to increase productivity and reduce electricity consumption at packaging material supplier’s end by 240%.
Elimination of HIPS tray, weight and size reduction in overall packaging and cold chain energy savings all put together greatly contributed to the environment by reduction of 65 tons/annum. This has helped to save corresponding values of Co2 and other Green House Gases (GHG).