Do you take tablets or capsules that come in press-out blister-packs? Almost all of us do, even if only the occasional aspirin or paracetamol.

Many of us also use several packs of prescription medicines every week. We then throw away the empty packs.

Most blister-packs are composites of plastic and aluminium bonded together. They are not recyclable via our silver bins.

That means tonnes of valuable plastic and aluminium are lost to landfill or incineration.

However, there is now a nationwide blister-pack recycling scheme, operated through pharmacies.

Currently, the only Congleton pharmacy operating the scheme is Superdrug.

They have a brightly decorated box in front of the pharmacy counter, where you can drop-off your empty blister-packs (not unused tablets; return these to your normal pharmacist for disposal).

For each kilogram of empty packs recycled through Superdrug, the Marie Curie Foundation receives a donation.

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So, you can help the environment, and the charity, by saving your empty blister-packs at home, and encouraging your family and friends to do the same.

Then simply drop them into the box at Superdrug when you are shopping in Congleton.