Recycling is something we all know about and try to do in our daily lives, but recycling a playground is taking it to another level. Recently our team of volunteers very carefully de-constructed a playground that was no longer required, and it will be sent to a developing country to start its new life bring joy and fun to children who otherwise would not have a playground at all.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The Terrace Pharmacy Ocean Grove, Mitchell and O'Hara, Peak Corio Village, Portarlington Pharmacy and Kardinia Pharmacy have now filled all their available recycling boxes and cannot accept any more blister packs for recycling.
Recycling has become a way of life, and we are all constantly looking for new and better ways to manage how we recycle less common items. The Rotary Clubs of Geelong, together with The City of Greater Geelong and Pharmacycle are launching a pilot project to recycle medication Blister Pack materials, through participating pharmacies in the area. It is such a simple process. Collect your blister packs and then take them to a participating pharmacy and drop them into the recycling box. Pharmacycle will come and collect the recycling boxes when they are full and then manage the recycling of the contents. This is happening thanks to a Community Grant from the City of Greater Geelong.
Here is an update on the progress of our Recycling of Blister Pack Pilot Project at the end of August
Thank you to the pharmacies listed below for agreeing to be part of this wonderful recycling project:
- Peak Pharmacy Corio Village, Corio Village Shopping Centre
- Mitchell and O’Hara Amcal Pharmacy, 154-156 Shannon Ave, Geelong West.
- Geelong Soul Pattinson Pharmacy, 133 Yarra St Geelong
- Priceline Pharmacy East Geelong, 1 Ormond Rd, East Geelong
- Bellarine Village Community Care Chemist, Shop 5,25-29 Bellarine Hwy, Bellarine Village Shopping Centre, Newcomb
- Portarlington Pharmacy, 90 Newcombe St, Portarlington
- Ocean Grove Terrace Pharmacy, 76A The Terrace, Ocean Grove
- Pardeys Eastbrooke Pharmacy, 75-77 Roslyn Rd, Belmont
- Kardinia Pharmacy, 2-18 Colac Rd, Belmont
- Direct Chemist Outlet Highton, Hills Plaza, 46 Province Boulevard, Highton
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