Chemist Warehouse rolls out national blister pack recycling initiative

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Chemist Warehouse rolls out national blister pack recycling initiative
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The national roll-out comes after a successful trial at 100 pharmacies across Victoria last year.

Millions of medication blister packs could be diverted from landfill through a recycling program rolled out at two popular pharmacies.

Millions of medication blister packs could be diverted from landfill through a recycling initiative which has been rolled out nationally. The recycling initiative is carried out by Pharmacycle, a blister pack recycling program in Australia that provides an end-to-end recycling solution. The aluminium is then sent to Weston Aluminium in the Hunter Valley in NSW, which reprocesses it to produce an aluminium de-oxidant product that aids in the steel making process.

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