You cannot recycle medicines
Return your unused prescribed medicines to a pharmacy or dispose of them with your general household waste.
Put blister packs (plastic sheets for tablets) in your general household waste as they can't be recycled.
Where you can dispose of medicines
How you can reduce or reuse medicines
Some of your medicines' packaging can be recycled:
- any paper
- cardboard boxes
- glass bottles
Good to know
Don't flush medicines down the toilet.