A Silicon Valley Company is boxing up the vaccine and getting it where it needs to go. But it’s also saving the environment along the way. Scott Budman reports.
When Pfizer announced its new COVID-19 vaccine, it came with a big caveat: The vials had to be shipped and stored in containers at 80 degrees below zero.
That challenge was taken on by a Bay Area company determined to get the job done in a green way.
Vericool, based in Livermore, found a way — after many, many trials — to build a container not only capable of extreme temperatures, but 100% recyclable and compostable.
While the typical petroleum-based container stays in our environment for hundreds of years, Vericool leaves nothing behind and nothing to waste.
"It's light, it's high-performing," CEO Darrel Jobe said. "Can we create something that's light, that's high-performing, that's made out of a plant-based material? That's what we've done."
They did, and it may soon be the one delivering your shot.
