You will find bins to throw away medicine inside pharmacies.
Medicine tubes

Medicine tubes
Expired or unneeded medicines and their respective packaging. This does not include syringes, needles, thermometers, batteries, gauze or X-rays.
Where?
Medicine
Which process is carried out?
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Specialised company
Treatment facility where valuable materials (plastic, glass and metal) are separated from hazardous or non-recyclable elements and decontaminated.
What does it become?
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Recycled aluminium
Automotive parts, aluminium frames.
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New plastics
Plastic parts such as caps and wrapping.