A see through blister pack recycling bin bin at a pharmacy

Blister Pack Recycling Bin

Info

This is a temporary initiative. See list below for info on available bins.

The Green Doctors programme is an undergraduate student research project to find ways to recycle pill blister packs. These are notoriously difficult to recycle because blister packs are a mixture of materials with plastic bonded to metal. 

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Location
  • Alexandra Hospital Outside Pharmacy - until October*
  • Tampines North Polyclinic Near Pharmacy L1 - until November*
  • Bedok Polyclinic Near Pharmacy exit L2 - until November*

* Exact dates not given. See here.

The following locations have ended their collections:

  • NUH Main Building Lobby F 
  • Tan Tock Seng Hospital Back of Pharmacy B2

More info and photos of locations

Accepted Items

Only empty blister packs

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Last Updated: Sep 4, 2024