Ludlow Tesco is supporting a cancer support group's blister pack recycling initiative.
Empty blister packs can be dropped off at the Ludlow store from Monday, February 3, to Saturday, February 8, and they will be recycled.
The Ludlow Cancer Support Group (LCSG) is spearheading the initiative, which aims to reduce the number of blister packs that end up in landfills or are incinerated, releasing harmful toxins.
Blister packs, while effective for protecting medications, are made from multiple materials, making them difficult to recycle.
Professional waste management companies can recycle blister packs entirely, processing aluminium into ingots for new products and using plastic scrap as raw materials for other plastic manufacturing processes.
However, these services come at a cost.
The support group has invited people and organisations to save their empty blister packs and contribute financially to the cost of special recycling containers.
The response has been positive, with several bin bags of empty blister packs collected and ready to be recycled.
Individual donations and funding from EnviroGrant, a community grants scheme run by Veolia and Shropshire Council, will allow the LCSG to purchase several recycling containers.
Future containers, however, will cost £84 each for a 90-litre box.
Donations towards this cost will be welcomed, with buckets available for loose change.
The support group is also collaborating with artists Miranda Goudge and her daughter Mia Griffiths to create an artwork from the collected blister packs.
Ms Goudge, a fine artist and maker, and Ms Griffiths, an activist artist, are both committed to raising awareness of the plastic problems on the planet.
The Ludlow Cancer Support Group provides social support and meets on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Parish Centre, St. Peter's Church, Henley Road, Ludlow.
Existing collection points for empty blister packs include St. Laurence's Church, Working Together Ludlow at Rockspring, Portcullis Surgery, the Wool Shop in Broad Street, and St. Peter's Church in Henley Road.
After February 8, the collection box will remain in the Tesco Superstore for customers to leave their empty blister packs.
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