This school year Vancouver families have more options to reduce their waste One-year pilot allows all Vancouverites to recycle all clean soft plastics and foam packaging at London Drugs
VANCOUVER, B.C., September 1, 2016 – Whether you’ve purchased a particular item at London Drugs or not, a new initiative under the Multi-Material BC (MMBC) allows the public to drop off all their unwanted clean soft plastic and clean foam packaging for recycling at any one of London Drugs eleven Vancouver locations.
“We just really want to make it easy for people to recycle,” says Kevin Sorby, general manager, retail operations, London Drugs. “We already have the logistics in place to collect our customers’ recycling and so now with this expanded program and MMBC’s support, we’ve simply expanded it to allow the public to drop off clean household foam packaging and soft plastics at any Vancouver London Drugs location during opening hours. We really don’t want soft plastics and foam going into the garbage and landfills when there is this easy, efficient way for these materials to be recycled.”
As students and families return to school, households will use more plastic bags and may have have more leftover foam packaging. Rather than discard these materials into the garbage, MMBC and London Drugs are encouraging the general public to bring this unwanted waste into London Drugs for proper recycling.
Thanks to this MMBC London Drugs partnership, the clean plastic bags and foam packaging collected by Cascades Recovery Inc. will then be recycled into items such as containers, park benches and fence posts.
“We look forward to seeing the results of this year-long pilot program at our eleven Vancouver locations,” added Sorby. “By providing our customers with a secure and environmentally safe manner to recycle such diverse products, we remain focused on our corporate goal of reducing all waste going to landfill sites across Western Canada. Once this year-long pilot program is completed we will assess the results and look at more ways to continue our environmental support to our customers.”
London Drugs locations accepting clean soft plastic and clean foam packaging are:
London Drugs Granville & Georgia
710 Granville StreetLondon Drugs Broadway & Cambie
665 West BroadwayLondon Drugs East Hastings
2585 East HastingsLondon Drugs Kerrisdale
2091 West 42nd AvenueLondon Drugs Robson St
1187 Robson StreetLondon Drugs Wessex
3328 KingswayLondon Drugs Davie St
1650 Davie StreetLondon Drugs 41st & Victoria
5639 Victoria DriveLondon Drugs Broadway & Vine
2230 West BroadwayLondon Drugs Hastings & Abbott
150-351 Abbott StreetLondon Drugs Olympic Village
1622 Salt StreetAdditional items consumers can recycle at London Drugs include fluorescent lights, rechargeable and alkaline batteries, cell phones, cardboard, electronics and cartridges for printers and computers. For full details about this and other recycling programs at London Drugs please visit: www.greendeal.ca. You can also find more recycling tips at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. There is a full Vancouver recycling guide available online for those with questions about what can be recycled through city programs.
About London Drugs
Founded in 1945, B.C.-based London Drugs has 79 stores in more than 35 major markets throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba including its online store www.londondrugs.com. London Drugs offers consumers a range of products from digital cameras and cosmetics to computers and televisions. Renowned for its creative approach to retailing, the company employs more than 7,000 people with pharmacy and health care services being the heart of its business. Committed to innovation and superior customer service, London Drugs has established itself as a reputable and caring company and continues to position itself for future growth and development. www.londondrugs.com / www.greendeal.ca
About Multi-Material BC
Multi-Material BC (MMBC) is a non-profit organization that is fully financed by its member businesses, with a mandate to manage residential packaging and printed paper recycling programs in communities across British Columbia. MMBC provides recycling services either directly to communities or by working in partnership with local governments, First Nations, private companies, and other non-profit organizations to ensure households across BC are receiving best-in-class recycling services. www.multimaterialbc.ca / www.recyclinginbc.ca