The blister pack recycling started out as a trial – and it has grown to a significant volume each month.
Unfortunately the boxes that we send them off in, are very expensive – $433 for a box which is 28cm by 28cm by 101cm (https://shop.terracycle.com/en-NZ/products/empty-medicine-blister-packs-zero-waste-box). We fill a box at least every 3 months.
This means that we are dependant on koha to keep our collection going. We do have a koha collection at recycling – thank you to everyone who contributes. The money collected all goes to the costs of recycling including these boxes and tip fees (the recycling station for batteries in bulk as we collect them – is within the pay to enter area at the tip – they are not put into landfill!)
Please, so we can keep recycling blister packs, make a donation as you drop them off, or by internet banking into bank account 12-3223-0086781-53, Ngaio Climate Crew. Please put Recycling as the reference and we will put it totally towards costs of recycling.