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Pill bottles

Pill-bottle & PHI packaging shredders

Pill bottles, blister packs and labelled packaging carry patient data a paper shredder can't take. We engineer the machine to destroy PHI-labeled bottles and packaging on your site, so the plastic can be recycled instead of landfilled.

Purpose-built for bottles & packaging


Tell us your bottle volume and we'll confirm the machine; pair it with a paper line for records.

HIPAA requires PHI to be rendered unrecoverable; it doesn't certify equipment. We destroy the labelled packaging to a secure particle on your site — tell us your policy and we'll confirm how a machine meets it.

Destruction standards


We build to recognized standards including NIST SP 800-88 and DIN 66399. Tell us the standard and level you work to and we'll confirm the configuration.

NIST SP 800-88

The US guidelines for media sanitization. They set out three methods: Clear, Purge and Destroy. Shredding is a Destroy method, the highest of the three.

DIN 66399

The international standard that grades shred size into security levels, separately for each type of material.

  • P · paper, film and printing forms
  • O · optical media — CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray
  • T · magnetic media — data tape, floppy disks, ID cards
  • H · hard drives
  • E · electronic media — SSDs, USB sticks, memory cards

Common questions


Why not just use a paper shredder?

Pill bottles and blister packs are rigid and a paper shredder can't take them. Tell us what you need to destroy and how much, and we'll confirm the machine and the shred size.

Does this help us meet HIPAA?

HIPAA requires PHI to be destroyed so it's unreadable and unrecoverable; it doesn't certify a machine. These destroy PHI-labeled packaging to a secure particle on your own site.

Bring PHI packaging destruction in-house

Tell us your volume and we'll match the machine — or see how we handle healthcare.

Tell us what you need to process

Material, volume, and the result you need at the end. Help us understand your space — direct from the people who build the machine.