At Novo Nordisk, we’re committed to environmental change. We have ambitious targets as part of our “Circular for Zero” initiative, including:

You can find out more about our Circular for Zero initiative here.

And now, we want to make an even bigger difference by including your empty pens.

Every year in the UK, your pens are among 23 million medical pens that end up incinerated or sent to landfill as, until now, there has not been a viable recycling alternative. This is not sustainable.

At Novo Nordisk, as the people who make the pens you use, we want to play our part in fixing this. 

We have developed a new, innovative process that lets us recycle our pre-filled pens after use.

Your pre-filled pen contains important medicine and is with you wherever you go. Because of this, it is made from high-quality, long-lasting materials which are too good to waste. By finding new ways to reuse them, we can help put an end to the unsustainable use of earth’s natural resources.

But we can’t do this without you. 

Returning your pens takes only a few minutes but will have an impact that lasts years. From this point on, every pen you return to us will be reclaimed and repurposed. Every pen you return will avoid ending up in landfill or being incinerated.