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With the advancement of science and technology, the pharmaceutical industries have flourished drastically in recent years. However, the domain of pharmaceutical waste management is not in check and hence the improper disposal of pharmaceutical waste like dumping, burning, flushing, land filling has led to harmful impact in the environment like air and water pollution, change in aquatic ecosystem, destruction of flora and fauna, genetic changes, antimicrobial resistance, etc. The idea of reusing dispensed medicines is appealing to the general public provided its benefits are illustrated, its risks minimized, and the logistics resolved. For example, medicine reuse could help reduce medicinal waste, protect the environment and improve public health. A literature survey is undertaken to lay down the groundwork for implementing technologies on and around pharmaceutical packaging in order to meet stakeholders' previously expressed misgivings about medicine reuse ('stakeholder requirements'), and propose a novel ecosystem for, in effect, reusing returned medicines