Medication Packaging Disposal

There are a number of recycling schemes available on the high street to help you fully recycle your medication packaging.

• Boots: You can drop empty blister packs at over 800 participating Boots Blister Pack Recycling bins, which are often located in larger pharmacy branches. Find your nearest Boots store that supports this scheme.
• Superdrug: Branches with pharmacy services accept all types of pill blister packs for recycling.
• Some supermarkets with their own pharmacy have bins available to drop off blister packs.

How to Prepare Blister Packs for Recycling

• Empty the packs: Ensure no tablets or pills are left inside. Return any unused or expired medication to your pharmacy for safe, regulated disposal rather than putting it in a recycling bin.
• Remove paper/cardboard: Tear off any cardboard boxes or paper instruction leaflets. You can place these directly in your normal household paper and card recycling bin.
• Foil-only exceptions: If you happen to have a blister pack that is made entirely of aluminium foil (and has no plastic backing), this can go in your kerbside recycling.

Published: Jul 28, 2026