Safely Dispose of Unwanted Medicine

If you have prescription or over-the-counter medicine and for one reason or another, they end up unused, be careful how to dispose of them. Medicine thrown in the trash can end up in our drinking water, lakes, and rivers.

Here are some tips:

• Don’t flush it
• Bring it to a local medicine take-back program
• Mix medicines with cat litter or coffee grounds in a sealable container such as a coffee can before throwing it in the trash
• Mark out any personal information before recycling your pill bottle