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Used prescription pill bottles aren't recyclable, but they are reusable.
Remember to peel off the label, wash both bottles and lids in warm soapy water, rinse thoroughly and dry completely.
UPDATE:
We've sent about 200 plastic prescription bottles to Matthew 25 Ministries, which will ship them to be reused in the developing world.
We weren't able to send bottles and lids that hadn’t been washed and dried thoroughly, containers for pet medicine or bottles with adhesive on them. You can remove adhesive by using the sticky side of the label or else tape. Please don’t use a solvent. If it won’t come off, the bottles can’t be re-used.
Drop them into the tall boxes at the church entrances so that healthcare facilities in low-income countries will have a sanitary way to dispense medicines. We are also keeping them out of landfills here, since they can't be recycled.
St. Vincent’s Catholic Parish in Albany has had an active Creation Care Team since 2016. We meet monthly and work to increase awareness of creation care as a faith-based value. We also offer ways to help parish members live more earth-friendly lives. We initiated the process by which our parish chose community solar electricity for its buildings, we sponsored a demonstration of electric cars, we organized an interfaith prayer service for the Season of Creation, and we created with parish members an Earth Day mural for display in the parish hall.
Recently, we made a presentation on Community Solar Electricity as a means of reducing parish member’s household carbon footprint. We’re also sponsored a faith formation program on Food Waste and Composting. We’ll continue to write monthly environment related articles for the Church Bulletin, and when space is available we put creation related displays up on the parish bulletin board.
Our Creation Care Team initiated the formation of CRICCC, and we continue to be very active in that group’s work. To find out more, please contact one of our co-chairs, Barbara DiTommaso, at [email protected].
To view the articles that the Creation Care Team has written for the Church Bulletin please CLICK HERE and scroll down to St. Vincent's Bulletin Articles.