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Waste Medicines Disposal

UNWANTED & OUT OF DATE MEDICINES – IMPORTANT:

If you have out of date or unwanted medicines, both prescription or over the counter drugs, don’t bin them or flush them.

You can ask your Pharmacy to collect your unwanted or out of date medicines for safe disposal, and it’s completely FREE.

Each year, enormous quantities of unused and expired medications are dumped into bins or flushed down toilets and sinks. The effects on the environment and human health are unclear but evidence is pointing to the presence of chemicals from prescriptions and over-the-counter medications in soil, drinking water and the surrounding environment. Just as proper medication administration is important, so is safe and cautious disposal.

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