NUS students come up with recycling method for medicine strips

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It is difficult to separate the materials in this multi-layer packaging so the strips are usually discarded as general waste....came up with a chemical recycling method to separate plastic from aluminium and salvage both components.

much suitable medical or pharmaceutical waste is not recycled due to the challenges in segregating and pre-cleaning before recycling, in case it is biohazardous

Qn: 'Recycling is over-rated, which does little to help the problem of waste.' How true is this of your society?