Sustainability

BLISTER PACKS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.       

Ever thought of recycling your blister packs?    

Naranga School started a recycling system last year. You will find the recycling box in the sick bay.  As the bin fills up, we will responsibly empty it in the bin provided at Chemist Warehouse. 

Blister packs (the packaging that pills and tablets come in) contain aluminium and plastic. It cannot go into kerbside recycling because it contains two varied materials.

Pharmacycle is a company that is working with Blooms the chemist and Chemist Warehouse on a recycling program. Instead of the blister packs ending up in landfill now you can look for the recycling bin at the chemist. 

 The used packets go to a specialist recycling facility who separate the materials to make new products. At the factory, aluminium is shredded into small pieces before being melted into flakes, pellets, and powder. This new aluminium product is sold to manufacturing companies to make new products such as outdoor furniture and plastic shipping pallets. 

Aluminium is a metal mined from the ground. Instead of depleting it recycling aluminium over and over reduces energy by up to 95 per cent. (sighted from Planet Ark)

Let's all do our part to keep blister packs out of landfill. 

Thanks for your support

Pathways Sustainability students and staff