Can you recycle tablet blister packs?
🔄 Specialist take-back
General waste at home; some pharmacies (Superdrug) host blister-pack recycling boxes.
Foil-and-plastic laminate blister packs defeat kerbside sorting. Superdrug pharmacies host Terracycle blister-pack boxes; a few independent pharmacies do the same. Otherwise general waste — but empty medicine BOTTLES recycle normally.
Tips
- Collect a bag's worth before a pharmacy trip
Which bin does it go in?
General waste at home; some pharmacies (Superdrug) host blister-pack recycling boxes.
Background: The 10 recycling mistakes that ruin lorry-loads.
Also searched as: pill packets, tablet strips.
✓ Checked against current UK guidance: 14 Jul 2026. Spot an error or an out-of-date rule?