A prescription pill bottle is available in different colors, designs, and sizes, but they all serve one purpose: to store and hold capsules and other over-the-counter pills in sleek and secure plastic containers. To promote consumer safety, the Rx bottle designed for medication is required by government regulations to be child-resistant. All of our pill bottles are made with 100% recyclable polypropylene (PP) plastic. These prescription bottles are gathered with other PP plastic material and recycled to make dishware, other household items, and car equipment. Use a scrubbing sponge, scrub at the label using dish soap and vegetable oil, which helps to disintegrate the glue. Rinse and repeat until the label is completely gone. Before reusing a container, it is recommended to clean and sanitize the container using warm soapy water. Can a Prescription Bottle Be Used For Anything Besides Pills? For pop-top bottles, squeeze underneath the lid until the hinged lid pops open. For push & turn, containers follow these easy steps.

One of the more popular products in our pop-top container collection, these squeeze-top empty pill bottles are great for storing pills and are made entirely of biodegradable plastic. Biodegradable plastics require less energy to make, which helps reduce carbon emissions, and do not release harmful chemicals into the environment when degrading. Let’s take a closer look at all the pill bottles available. Child-Resistant Translucent Recyclable Push & Turn Plastic Reversible Cap Vials Forcinio, Hallie (2 October 2018). "Protecting Solid-Dose Shelf Life". Pharmaceutical Technology. Vol.42, no.10. UBM . Retrieved 8 November 2018. A prescription pill bottle is an excellent choice for storing other products besides pills. Some businesses might find pill bottles a great choice for storing treats like mints and gummies or medicinal herbs. Many pharmaceutical products are sensitive to heat or cold. Controlled distribution systems and sometimes cold chains are required.

Pill Bottles: The Bottom Line

Every Rx bottle is reusable in one form or another. It is up to the individual’s imagination to repurpose an old Rx medicine bottle however they choose. Some people might find an old pill vial is valuable storage for coins or for holding toiletries like cotton swabs while traveling. If your local recycling program does not accept pill bottles, you can look for alternative recycling programs. Such as Matthew 25: Ministries or Gimme 5, which specifically accept pill bottles for recycling.

Many drugs must be administered by specific routes that require tools: any drug that must be injected using a needle and syringe, inhaled into the lungs with the aid of an inhaler, dropped into the eye using a pipette, sprayed into the nose using a nebulizer, etc. Each tamper-resistant pop-top prescription bottle comes with a rip seal. If the seal has been compromised, consumers will know to avoid consuming or using the stored product. Child-Resistant Opaque Recyclable Plastic Pop Top Containers Dahija, S; Kar, Chhikara (April 2009), "Opportunities, challenges and benefits of using HACCP as a quality risk management tool in the pharmaceutical industry", The Quality Assurance Journal, 12 (2): 95–104, doi: 10.1002/qaj.446One of the reasons pop-top prescription bottles for sale are so popular is because of how simple it is to open them. With one of your hands, squeeze the top of the container right under the hinged lid. Once you hear “pop,” then you will know that the container has been opened. Look for alternative recycling programs that specifically accept pill bottles for recycling. Such as Matthew 25: Ministries or Gimme 5. These programs often have specific guidelines for preparing the bottles for recycling, so be sure to follow their instructions. Our pill jars come with quality hinged closures and are available in the following sizes: 50ml, 75ml, 100ml, 150ml and 250ml. If you’re looking for UV filtration, choose from our selection of amber tinted PET pill jars. Suitable Applications