A Place To Recycle Halloween Candy Wrappers

PRINCE GEORGE — If you are looking for a place to recycle candy and chip wrappers after Halloween,  a local drug store has a solution. London Drugs is launching its first every candy wrapper recycling drive.

The retailer is now accepting chocolate bar and candy wrappers as well as potato chip bags as part of its Other Flexible Plastic Packaging recycling program and hopes to help keep Halloween snack packaging waste out of city landfills.  It’s currently the only known location in the city that accepts these items.  The longtime recycling program used by the stores sees 93 percent of waste from its day to day operations recycled. 

London Drugs’ Other Flexible Plastic Packaging recycling initiative is part of RecycleBC’s new take-back program. These types of plastics are among the fastest-growing packaging forms on the market and are one of the largest categories of packaging particularly for confectionary and snack foods.

The store is now accepting all sorts of items in the Other Flexible Plastic Packaging category including: stand-up and zipper lock pouches, like pouches for granola, frozen berries, etc.; crinkly wrappers and bags, like coffee bags, or cellophane; flexible packaging with plastic seal, like packaging for fresh pasta or pre-packaged deli meats; non-food protective wrap like bubble wrap or plastic envelopes; and net bags used for fruits and vegetables like onions, avocados and lemons.