A co-design approach to reducing pharmaceutical waste
ABSTRACT: Pharmaceutical waste (PW) poses environmental, economic and public health challenges, yet effective solutions remain underexplored. This study used a co-design approach across two NHS Scotland workshops to examine medicine-use experiences and generate interventions. Three concepts emerged: transparent patient packaging, a tactile communication aid and a gamified virtual medicine-cabinet app, highlighting the value of bottom-up design methods for addressing PW.
Authors
- Laura MacLean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-9881)
- Andrew Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-7719)
- Studio
- Hazar Taissier Marji
- Paul A. Rodgers
- Lewis Urquhart
Institutions
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- German Jordanian University (JO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Design Society
- Published
- 2026-07-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10536
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00