On October 1st and 2nd, the citizens of Medicine Hat and surrounding areas did their community proud, bringing a total of 74 car seats in to their Local London Drugs for recycling. It was all part of a special Kids’ Car Seat and Drug Round Up Event, in partnership with Alberta Health Services, The City of Medicine Hat, KidSeat Recyclers and Safety City.
There is usually a $10 recycling levy to process the car seats, but this amount was offset with a $10 London Drugs Gift Card, rewarding those who made the effort to recycle beyond the blue box. (Some folks made the effort from as far away as Saskatchewan!) Safety City added even more value with free car seat safety inspections.
Driving more awareness of keeping old and expired medications out of our landfills and water systems is also extremely important. Remember that you can bring old medications in to your London Drugs Pharmacist for proper disposal and recycling at any time.
If you missed the event and still have an old car seat cluttering up your garage, visit the KidSeat Recyclers web page and find out how you can recycle it right.
The Medicine Hat team has shown us all how – they are the REAL Green Deal!
