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  • Environmental impacts of medicine disposal
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New research on the prescription medicine contamination of fish, ecosystem

The development and advancements of medications have provided endless benefits to people across the world, curing ailments, delivering relief and even prolonging life. However, medications [...]

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Pharmacycle: the new blister pack recycling option

Pharmacist Jeremy Elias is excited about the future. It’s a future in which Australia is a little bit greener, a little bit healthier and we’re [...]

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Will you help us give a gift to the planet this Christmas?

Since The RUM Project started 24 years ago, we have collected and disposed of over 12 million kgs of unwanted medicine, but there is more [...]

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Interview with pharmacist Amanda Seeto

How pharmacists’ work has changed: Interview with pharmacist and nominated director of the Pharmacy Guild on the RUM board, Amanda Seeto Over the course of [...]

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The RUM Project teams up with Sanofi Australia

Return Unwanted Medicine (The RUM Project) is encouraging all Australians to show their enthusiasm for protecting our precious environment by safely disposing of their unwanted [...]

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Animal Medicine Australia joins RUM to encourage safe disposal of pet medication

Press Release: #DYK YOU CAN RETURN UNWANTED VETERINARY MEDICINES TO THE PHARMACY FOR SAFE DISPOSAL? When it comes to discarding unused, unwanted or expired medicines, [...]

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A guide to disposing of medicines

Did you know that you can return a whole host of medicines to your local pharmacy, for safe and environmentally friendly disposal in the RUM [...]

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For pharmacies: managing COVID-19 vaccine disposal

The RUM Project office has received many phone calls regarding the disposal of empty COVID vaccine vials, expired stock, and sharps. All vaccine vials (including [...]

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The Disposal of Single-use Vaping Products in Australia

Since 1st October 2021 all nicotine vaping products now require a prescription (i.e., are now Schedule 4 medicines). This includes nicotine e-cigarettes, nicotine pods, and [...]

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Medicinal Blister Packs Now Recyclable in Big Announcement from Chemists’ Own and TerraCycle

Chemists’ Own has launched the country’s first-ever free recycling program for household blister pack waste. In partnership with innovative recycling company TerraCycle, the program will [...]

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Making A Difference This World Soil Day

World Soil Day 2021 (#WorldSoilDay) and its campaign “Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity” aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems [...]

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Top 17 Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning Hacks

With much of the eastern coast in lockdown, and Spring well and truly underway, there’s no better time than the present to tackle a Spring [...]

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