Asthma Inhaler Recycling Extended

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has rolled out its respiratory inhaler recycling scheme to community pharmacies across the country following successful trials. The scheme, Complete the Cycle, is run in partnership with TerraCycle UK and was piloted earlier this year in selected branches of The Co-operative Pharmacy. The initiative is just one of the steps GSK is taking to meet its target of having zero waste to landfill by 2020.

The scheme was initially piloted in 40 branches of the Co-operative Pharmacy across the south of Wales and the south east of England. In just six months around 6,000 GSK respiratory inhalers, approximately 10% of those that would normally be disposed of, were returned to participating stores, preventing the release of the inhaler propellant, which is a greenhouse gas. For more information, read the full story on the Edie website.