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Boots Rolls out National Blister Pack Recycling Scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Boots has rolled out a scheme nationwide that rewards customers for recycling their empty blister packs following a popular regional pilot.   The blister pack recycling scheme is now available at over 800 stores across the UK after 170,000 customers signed up to a pilot of the scheme in London and the Southeast last year.    All blister packs, whether previously used to hold medications or vitamins, and no matter which brand, can be recycled through the scheme. Boots Advantage Card members nationwide can now earn 100 points (worth £1)…

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Boots and The Hygiene Bank launch appeal to donate toothbrushes and toothpaste to support children back to school

Stuart Mitchell

Boots and The Hygiene Bank have launched an urgent appeal for donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste to support children as they head back to school. Boots is donating 175,000 toothbrushes and toothpastes to The Hygiene Bank and has teamed up with TV personality Josie Gibson to encourage the public to donate too via donation points in its stores. For every kilogram donated, Boots will donate an additional full-sized product to The Hygiene Bank. The Hygiene Bank will distribute all the donations to schools and projects that support young people in…

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Unilever, boots and the hygiene bank unite to help tackle hygiene poverty

Stuart Mitchell

More than 1 in 5 people in the UK are living in poverty1. That’s 22% of the population, a total of 14.5 million people2. For people and families living in poverty, basic hygiene items such as soap, toothpaste, and period products can become unattainable. With a shared mission of tackling hygiene poverty, Unilever and Boots are once again joining forces with The Hygiene Bank for the second year of their Help Tackle Hygiene Poverty campaign, a collaboration which last year supported more than ½ million3 people with hygiene essentials. You…

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Unilever, Boots and The Hygiene Bank join forces to help tackle hygiene poverty

Stuart Mitchell

More than one in five people in the UK are living in poverty1. That’s 22% of the population, a total of 14.5 million people2. For people and families living in poverty, basic hygiene items such as soap, toothpaste, and period products can become unattainable.   With a shared mission of tackling hygiene poverty, Unilever and Boots are joining forces with The Hygiene Bank for the second year of their Help Tackle Hygiene Poverty campaign, a collaboration which last year supported more than half a million people access hygiene essentials. You Buy.…

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Wiped Out! Boots is banning all plastic-based wet wipes

Stuart Mitchell

A large proportion of the 11 billion wet wipes used in the UK every year still contain some form of plastic1 and evidence suggests they are the cause of over nine in ten of the blockages in UK sewers2.* Boots is one of the biggest sellers of wet wipes in the UK with over 140 different lines stocked across skincare, beauty, baby, tissue and health care categories. It is one of the leading sellers of beauty face wipes, representing up to 15% of all face wipes sold across the UK.…

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