London Drugs in Saskatoon will be hosting a children’s car seat recycling event with Kidseat Recyclers at both locations. On November 19 and 20 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. residents can bring their used and expired children’s car seat for proper recycling to London Drugs.
“We are excited to be working with Kidseat Recyclers as companies like this align with our core values of providing customers with the best in terms of services,” said Andy MacDonald, London Drugs store manager. “I encourage everyone to bring their old and expired seats to our locations this weekend. We are also raising awareness of our Green Deal program while providing residents with this opportunity to recycle their children’s car seats.”
The weekend program aligns with London Drugs commitment to recycling through their What’s the Green Deal? program. The program is an extensive recycling and sustainability commitment carried through all London Drugs stores.
“London Drugs has been instrumental in helping us bring this service to other cities and I am happy to be bringing this to Saskatoon,” says Melanie Risdon-Betcher, owner and director of Kidseat Recyclers Inc. “Without recycling, thousands of pounds of plastic and metal will hit Saskatchewan landfills every year. That’s mountains of car seats. We are looking forward to helping Saskatoon residents keep car seats out of the landfills for the first time ever at our upcoming roundup.”
There is a $10 levy to recycle children’s car seats and London Drugs will be giving a $5 gift card for every car seat recycled. Please strip material from car seat before recycling. For further information about the What’s the Green Deal? visit www.greendeal.ca. Full information about Kidseat Recyclers can be found on their website.
Kidseat Recyclers is Canada’s first car seat recycling company, servicing Alberta and beyond since 2010. To date, Kidseat has diverted nearly 52-thousand lbs. of plastic and metal from our landfills (5766seats). With over 14-thousand children born in Saskatchewan every year, the amount of car seats hitting our landfills is staggering. Their goal is to expand and offer car seat recycling across Canada.
Cory was highlighting some of the most important recyclables to keep out of landfill, including batteries, plastic bags and CFL light bulbs. He also wanted everyone in the Regina area to know about the first annual Fall Recycle event being held at our Grasslands store on September 24th.
We had a much bigger crew this year thanks to some family of some of our staff coming out (one of our families had three generations out for the event!)
HUGE thanks to all the intrepid Trash Bashers that braved the downpour to participate in this worthy cause. Also, a shout-out to the Gibsons Lions Club for providing lunch for the volunteers. (On reusable plates too! Bonus points for #ZeroWaste!)
Cedric Tetzel, Computer Merchandise Manager for London Drugs, has been pivotal in creating positive change and policies that benefit the environment and our customers, and 
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