BSFG's Wastewise Committee provides a regular column for the Benalla Ensign. On Wednesday January 17 the group looked at the best way to dispose of blister packs - the foil and sometimes plastic tabs that hold medication.
There is now an easy way to recycle used blister packs in Benalla. You can take them to Terry White Chemmart on Bridge St East.
If you cannot get to Terry White Chemmart, there are other options.
All-foil blister packs:
All-foil blister packs made of aluminium foil can be recycled directly into your own yellow recycling bin, as long as they are larger than a credit card.
If smaller, they fall between the grates of the recycling equipment and end up in landfill.
Small individual packs can, however, be crushed into a golf ball size object and recyled in your yellow bin, as with other foil.
Foil-and-plastic blister packs:
These can be identified simply by looking through the space where the tablet was; if transparent or white, they are the combined foil and plastic. These are more difficult to recycle, needing a different process.
Terracycle offers a box where blister packs can be collected to be recycled, but it comes at a cost and will only be available in specific locations.
So, try to get to Terry White Chemmart!
If you cannot get to Terry White Chemmart, there are other options.
All-foil blister packs:
All-foil blister packs made of aluminium foil can be recycled directly into your own yellow recycling bin, as long as they are larger than a credit card.
If smaller, they fall between the grates of the recycling equipment and end up in landfill.
Small individual packs can, however, be crushed into a golf ball size object and recyled in your yellow bin, as with other foil.
Foil-and-plastic blister packs:
These can be identified simply by looking through the space where the tablet was; if transparent or white, they are the combined foil and plastic. These are more difficult to recycle, needing a different process.
Terracycle offers a box where blister packs can be collected to be recycled, but it comes at a cost and will only be available in specific locations.
So, try to get to Terry White Chemmart!
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