23/01/2025
Blister pack recycling ♻️
You can help us to reduce plastic waste and take a step closer to a greener planet by dropping off your empty blister packs at any Inglis Vets branch 🌳
Unfortunately, due to the combination of materials which make up medicine blister packs, they can't be recycled through regular means as the costs of separating and processing them are too high for councils to afford. This means that the majority of empty blister packs end up in landfill or incineration 😞
What to remember:
✅ We'll accept empty packs only
✅ Blister packs must not have come into contact with biological contaminants e.g. from within an operating or treatment environment
❌ No Cytotoxic drugs
Do not send in:
❌ Any medicine and medication residue including tablets, pills, lozenges and caplets as medicine should be returned to a pharmacy for safe disposal
❌ Cardboard, paper and any other types of waste other than empty medicine blister packs
❌ Any other medicine containers such as bottles, inhalers or sprays
❌ Hazardous waste, for example sharp, flammable, reactive, corrosive, ignitable, toxic, infectious or pathogenic
❌ Batteries, pressurised canisters, broken glass and medical waste
Thank you! 🌳🌎