The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats we have ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. According to the NHS, in the UK alone, smoking kills over 80,000 people every year and a further 500,000 people are admitted into hospital as a direct result of smoking. Pharmacy has seen a range of initiatives centred around recycling. Recycling has well-documented benefits for the planet and has been shown to reduce carbon emissions. But can this alone achieve enough?

Recycling is the thin end of the green wedge and is something everyone can get into, and everyone can understand. It’s popular, and demand for recycling is high,’ she says. The United Nations chief described the latest Inter-Governmental report on Climate Change 5 (IPCC) as a code red for humanity, saying that unless we act decisively now, we will exceed the 1.5 degrees of warming across the world. 6 He said the message is clear that we must raise our level of ambition to mitigate certain climate disaster, there is no time for delay and no room for excuses. A spokesperson for TerraCycle told The Pharmacist, there was an ‘encouragingly high uptake’ for the scheme. However, the resources set up at the beginning of the project were unable to accommodate the large quantities of recycling being received. We aim to provide you with the knowledge and support you need to make confident decisions about your Significant research and stakeholder engagement has been undertaken to identify key priorities for how pharmacy teams can respond to the climate and ecological emergency.Green Pharmacy не се задоволява с това, което вече е създала - смело разработва нова и по-ефективна козметика. Сериите включват не само средства за грижа за тялото и лицето, но и за косата. Има продукти като масла, балсами и различни видове препарати за интимна хигиена. Марката гарантира най-високо качество на продуктите, изразяващо се в перфектно разработен състав. Освен това, всеки компоненти е внимателно описан от производителя.

Even if you manage to run a recycling scheme that can cope with large volumes of waste you are still going to be producing large amounts of waste and as we know, materials like plastic can only be recycled a certain number of times.’ Ms Lyons says. A lot of things we do in community pharmacy we don’t realise are green activities, such as blood pressure monitoring and the weight management scheme. Instead of visiting the doctor far away, a patient can visit their local pharmacy and get seen by a pharmacist through the community pharmacy consultation service. That reduces their carbon footprint from travelling.' She adds: ‘The most sustainable thing we can do in community pharmacy is to provide services that prevent the need for further healthcare.’Demand for healthcare is already increasing, with a growing and ageing demographic, increasing global burden of disease, and increasingly complex diagnostic and treatment methods. As the number of people with multiple health conditions grows, meeting their needs will be one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS. This organisation is listed on Companies House as Dispensary Green Ltd, further details on the link below. View on Companies House General Pharmaceutical Council Report Overall Standards Met improve your adherence (taking your medicines correctly) which will generally lead to better health outcomes