Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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26 Feb
1:27pm, 26 Feb 2024
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
I posted on the declutter thread but perhaps here is more appropriate, I have been keeping empty tablet blister packs hoping to find somewhere to recycle, I understand some Boots take them, and Superdrug where they have an instore pharmacy, neither in my area, does anyone know where I might recycle them?
27 Feb
7:39am, 27 Feb 2024
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Lizzie W
Ours go in the kerbside recycling
1 Mar
12:16am, 1 Mar 2024
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run free
Hey Lizzie - are you sure your kerbside recycling collects blister packs? They are very energy intensive to recycle. Our borough says that adding items that are not recycled can contaminate the entire truck.....which means the entire truck can be redirected to the incinerators (or landfill if available)

Only Terracycle was recycling the blister packs via a Superdrug or Boots pharmacy. Mrs Jigs, the only other way you can recycle them would be to send them to terracycle directly if Boots / Superdrug are still sponsoring the initiative. Have seen this on the Terracycle site: help.uk.terracycle.com
1 Mar
8:52am, 1 Mar 2024
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Lizzie W
"Empty and clean medicine packaging and containers such as plastic, glass bottles, cardboard packaging, paper instructions and blister packets, can go into your blue lidded recycling bin." 9 Jan 2024 Mid Sussex District Council
2 Mar
5:20pm, 2 Mar 2024
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run free
That is amazing. Surrey does not appear to recycle them. Do you know where Sussex sends to process?
2 Mar
8:45pm, 2 Mar 2024
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Lizzie W
Ford
2 Mar
8:46pm, 2 Mar 2024
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Lizzie W
I think.
Whether they actually get recycled is another question...
3 Mar
12:17pm, 3 Mar 2024
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run free
...Too true that

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Information about Plastic Packaging:
UK: wrap.org.uk

EU: ec.europa.eu

What products have microbeads?
beatthemicrobead.org

To help you reduce try one level at a time:https://tyrelady.wordpress.com/support-the-challenges/



What the EU is doing:
europa.eu

- currently the UK will be following SOME of the EU measures.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Terms used to describe plastic:
1. Biodegradable (also oxi-biodegradable)
2. Bioplastic
3. Compostable
4. Plastic that potentially could be recycled (has numbers)
5. Plastic that cannot be recycled

Some resources:
BBC's info on the numbers on Plastics:
news.bbc.co.uk

The misconceptions of biodegradable plastics from an academic:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b04051?src=recsys&

Understanding plastic terms:
wrap.org.uk

Bioplastic developments as seen by British Plastic

britishplastics.co.uk

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