BLOOMS The Chemist has achieved a major milestone by recycling more than 10 million blister packs from across its pharmacy network in partnership with Pharmacycle.
Since Blooms The Chemist rolled out in-store blister pack collection boxes across its entire pharmacy network in Nov 2022, over 15,000kg of aluminium and plastic have been recovered from recycled blister packs.
Blooms The Chemist launched this initiative across its network of more than 115 stores with the support of its sponsors, Gaviscon, Nurofen and Strepsils.
"Thanks to our collaboration with Pharmacycle and the passion of our network pharmacies, we have been able to reach this remarkable milestone, and reduce our environmental impact while helping our customers do the same," said Blooms The Chemist's Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Pamela Bishop.
"We are incredibly proud as a network of community-minded pharmacies to be a leader in the industry in tackling environmental issues such as recycling medicine packaging."
Plastic packaging comprises more than 80% of Australia's litter, Pharmacycle's Account Manager for Blooms The Chemist, Ursi Kernan pointed out, saying it is more critical than ever for companies and Australians to step up and change habits to create a better future.
"This joint initiative with Blooms The Chemist is important to help achieve better outcomes for the planet by delivering end-to-end recycling solutions to our community," Kernan said.
"By teaming up with Pharmacycle, the local community can conveniently recycle their blister packs by dropping by their local Blooms The Chemist."
Pharmacycle has recycled a total of 45 million blister packs collected from over 870 participating pharmacies across Australia since the program started in Jul 2022. KB
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