14/10/2019
♻️Make the most of the recycling programs you didn’t know existed!♻️
🤔Did you know your veterinary supplier may offer a take-back recycling program? This might be for the recycling and re-use of cardboard, eskies (ice-box’s), ice-bricks, packaging material and other items.
👏🏾This means that instead of throwing these items into the bin, or even recycling bin, they may be able to be re-used before they are recycled or disposed of. This is super helpful if your clinic does not have access to a standard recycling system.
🔁This kind of take-back program allows us to utilise a circular economy, where we are able to re-enter the manufacturing process and retain as much value as possible from our resources. This saves company’s money, and it also significantly reduces our environmental impact.
🇦🇺Here in Australia, one of our most popular veterinary suppliers, Provet, offers a take-back program for cardboard boxes, eskies (ice-boxes), ice-bricks and plastic crates (dependent on your delivery drivers truck capacity).
✅Ensure your boxes are dismantled and flat-packed, stored neatly inside an assembled box. Any boxes that have reached the end of their life, or cannot be re-used, will be recycled through the appropriate channels. All items sent back should be packed as neatly and concisely as possible.
👋🏽I encourage you all to reach out to your veterinary suppliers, and enquire if they offer any take-back programs to assist in reducing environmental impacts – usually these are not openly advertised by suppliers, so you will need to ask!
👇🏾Does your clinic currently utilise any of these programs? Please share below!
*information regarding circular economy and take-back programs have been sourced from www.ceguide.org* @ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia