Get rid of your prescription drugs and sharps properly!
Safe disposal can:
- Prevent the accidental or intentional misuse of unwanted medications
- Prevent negative and toxic effects on our environment
- Protect other from contracting diseases and other adverse effects of needle sticks
Prescription Drug Disposal
There are several ways to dispose of expired, unwanted, or unused medications. Drug take back programs are the preferred method. Find a drop-off site near you at Don't Rush to Flush.
Sharps Disposal
State
law (H&SC §118286)
makes it illegal to dispose of home-generated sharps waste (hypodermic needles,
pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to
penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications) in the trash or recycling
containers, and requires that all sharps waste be transported to a collection
center in a sharps container approved by the local enforcement agency.
Resources to dispose of your sharps:
