Recycle coolers?

[Jenn]

recycle coolers?

Hi,

Anyone else getting the small styrofoam coolers from a mail order pharmacy to keep your Humira dose cold on receipt? I checked with the pharmacy about returning to reuse and recycle them, but they said "dispose of them however you want". Well, I WANT to have them be reused. With a shipment every month, they are piling up fast. What do you do? When my son was on IV meds, that local pharmacy let me take them back in and reuse the coolers.

Thanks!

 

[MikeinBklyn]

I have quite a few myself. I have used them numerous times for food transport. I have buddies asking for them every once in a while.

I would think there would be some kind of recycle / return to the shipper program. But I'm sure it is a helluva lot cheaper just to toss them than recyle / return for the company.

 

[Miss Underestimated]

Check freecycle.org for a group in your area. BTW, mine comes in a container that contains soft foam. I've made pillows from it and used it for packaging when I need to ship fragile items.

 

[Jenn]

Thought I'd update: a couple years ago I discovered our local recycling center (EDCO) takes styrofoam, so I stop by there a few times a year. They also take the sharps containers.