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From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org
On 29/10/2025 11:58 pm, Paul wrote:
> On Wed, 10/29/2025 8:13 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 28/10/2025 8:06 pm, Paul wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> We had recycling companies, and I think they were in it, for the items
>>> turned in that could readily be sold. Carrying an inventory that isn't
>>> moving, does not work for them. A pikey can make a few bucks, but
>>> is it enough to live off ?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>> You know those aluminium foil blister pack thingees you might get ten or a
dozen tablets in?? My sister has been recycling them at a chemists back where
we used to live (when she had to go back down there to visit her Doctor).
>>
>> Last week, we went to the local Council's re-cycling depot to drop off some
electronics .... and there was one of those wheelie garbage bins specifically
for recycling those used blister packs!!
>>
>> I know they have some aluminium foil ... but could it really be economical
to re-cycle?? Maybe it's the plastic!!
>
> Drug packaging is sorted separately, to keep drug residue out of the
> environment. Fish don't like human hormone treatments, so any
> packaging that had hormones in it, the packaging should be taken back
> to the pharmacist.
>
> When I have a box full of empty vials, I take those back to the store.
> With caps off. And the staff deal with those.
>
> If recycled goods go into a recycling center that washes with water,
> the drug residue isn't removed by waste water treatment systems, and
> it goes downstream. And there have been cases of detectable
> results on fish.
>
> The next time you're in a pharmacy, ask the pharmacist about their
> opinion on waste treatment. The pharmacist has the education to
> understand the matter.
>
> Paul
>
As this is a Commercial activity undertaken by the Local Council and
Commercial Companies, I would expect that whatever 'they' do, it has an
official "Okey Dokey".
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Daniel70
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