Diabetes wearable devices take-back programme
Return your used sensors, insulin patches and applicators - reduce waste, help environment and make sure your data is safe.
Free
returns to your local pharmacy
800+
participating pharmacies in Ireland
92%
materials can be recovered
How it works
Collect
Don't throw your used sensors or injector pens into the bin. Keep them safe until your next visit to the pharmacy.
Return
Bring your used devices to our kiosk in your local participating pharmacy.
Scan the code and receive reward points!
Recycle
We will make sure each device is recycled and precious components and materials are recovered.
Participating Pharmacies
Why use MedalCRM?
Many biosensor devices are single-use for patient safety - once disposed they end up as clinical waste, e-waste or worse as municipal waste - none of it allowing efficient recycling and recovery of precious components and materials.
MedalCRM is a first take-back programme in Ireland, addressing this problem in an efficient and user friendly way.
- Free bins and disposal at your local pharmacy
- Full GDPR compliance for sensors that include user data
- Efficient component and material recovery
What happens with collected devices ?
Nothing goes to the landfill.
Nothing gets incinerated.
Properly disposing used medical devices is helping to reduce the waste and recover materials that would often have to be mined from earth, at high environmental cost and using much more energy.
Where possible, device components (i.e. circuit boards or chips) are extracted for future reuse.
Applicator and container are recycled with near 100% material recovery:
- Ferrous metals
- Circuit Printed Boards
- Plastics
- Other metals
Our partners
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s free! Just bring them to one of our kiosks in a local participating pharmacy and we will take care of everything else.
We recommend registering, so you can collect your loyalty points and get rewards.
But if you don’t want to do this, you can simply scan the code on your used device to access the kiosk.
To reduce the transport footprint, we recommend bringing the bulk of your used devices to a local participating pharmacy when you make that trip for other reasons.
If you’re not planning to visit the collection point anytime soon, you can order pre-paid envelope for €3. Login to your account and click “Request Envelope” there. This option is only available for non-sharp devices, ie. sensors in original packaging.
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Any questions?
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