At Pharmacycle, transparency is at the heart of everything we do. As Australia's only end-to-end blister pack and inhaler recycling program, we believe in holding ourselves accountable — not just for the waste we divert from landfill, but for the environmental impact of our own operations.
We're proud to share our first comprehensive Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report, covering the 2024 calendar year prepared in partnership with NetNada, establishes our baseline carbon footprint and sets the foundation for our ongoing decarbonisation journey.
Total Emissions: 38.38 tCO₂-e
Blister Packs Recycled: 30.7 million
Our Carbon Intensity: 1.25 kg CO₂-e per 1,000 blister packs recycled
This intensity metric allows us — and our pharmacy partners — to understand the true carbon cost of responsible blister pack recycling. It also gives us a clear benchmark to improve upon year after year.
Understanding our footprint is the first step to reducing it. Here's how our 2024 emissions break down:
Purchased Electricity (44%) — Powering our recycling facility in NSW and operations in Victoria
Upstream Transportation (31%) — Collecting blister packs from pharmacies across Australia
Purchased Goods & Services (17%) — The products and services that keep our operations running
Business Travel (4%) — Flights, accommodation, and ground transport for our team
Fuel & Energy Related Activities (4%) — Transmission losses and upstream energy impacts
This baseline report is just the beginning. Armed with this data, we're now working on:
We're committed to continuous improvement — because recycling should be part of the climate solution, not part of the problem.
To ensure our operations are as lean as our recycling processes, Pharmacycle partners with NetNada to measure, analyse, and report our carbon emissions. This partnership allows us to move beyond estimates, providing our stakeholders with a rigorous, data-driven account of our climate impact.
This report was prepared by NetNada, a leading carbon management and sustainability reporting software for businesses. NetNada worked closely with our team to ensure the methodology aligns with the globally recognised GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.
This report is for anyone interested in understanding Pharmacycle's environmental impact. That includes our pharmacy partners, hospitals, government bodies who want to know the carbon footprint of their recycling program, pharmaceutical companies tracking their Scope 3 emissions, healthcare organisations with sustainability commitments, and consumers who care about the full lifecycle impact of their choices.
The intensity metric of carbon per blister packs recycled tells you the average carbon emissions generated to collect, transport, and process blister packs through our recycling program. It's a way to measure efficiency — and something we aim to reduce each year as we optimise our operations and transition to cleaner energy sources.
If your pharmacy participates in the Pharmacycle program, you can use our intensity metric to estimate the carbon footprint of the blister packs you send for recycling. Simply multiply the number of blister packs (in thousands) to approximate kgCO₂-e figure. This can be included in your own sustainability reporting or used to communicate your environmental commitment to customers. If you are a customer you can see this information within your portal.
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