disposal of medication

• United Water and NCPA Launch National Partnership for Safe Disposal of Unused Medication.

Program Helps Protect Nation's Waterways HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. -- United Water and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced a...

• Business Wire
• April 21, 2011

• Medication Collection Boxes Placed in a Dozen Locations ; Medreturn Boxes Enable the Disposal of Unwanted Drugs in Kennebec and Somerset Counties.

There are three things you don't want to do with unwanted medications: keep them at home, flush them down the toilet, or put them in the trash. At home, they might be taken by intruders or family; in the toilet and trash, they get into the water system and pose health hazards to humans and animals.

• Portland Press Herald
• April 11, 2011

• Rite Aid Encourages Customers to Dispose of Medication Safely with New Medication Disposal Program.

Special Envelopes Offer a Safe and Easy Way to Dispose of Prescription and OTC Medications CAMP HILL, Pa. -- To help its customers safely dispose of...

• Business Wire
• March 14, 2011

• Think Twice Before Flushing Your Old Meds

(NNPA)-Like many of you, I care a great deal about the health of our environment. As a parent, I want to be sure my kids can enjoy the benefits of clean air and water. I also want to be sure children can enjoy and respect all that the great outdoors offer. Tb achieve this, we all must do our part to responsibly protect the environment-including ensuring the safe disposal of medications. Sometimes, trace levels of pharmaceuticals can be detected in our water supplies-primarily as the result of normal patient use or improper disposal. But it's important to remember that research studies suggest it is highly unlikely that these extremely small quantities of pharmaceutical would be harmful to human health. We can all further minimize this risk by learning how to safely dispose of old or unu...

• New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition
• August 29, 2009

• For Safe Prescription Drug Disposal

TULSA, Okla., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is partnering with the City of Tulsa and Covanta WBH, the owner/operator of the Energy-from-Waste facility in Tulsa to safely dispose of prescription drugs collected throughout the state. Since March 1, 2011, through the Safe Trip for Scripts Program, OBN has distributed nearly one-hundred (100) permanent drug disposal metal containers in police and sheriff department lobbies for the public to safely dispose of prescription drugs in their homes and medicine cabinets. To date, the agency has collected nearly one (1) ton of old, expired medication from the disposal containers. OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward says it's critical to get these drugs out of the home. Prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic in...

• U.S. Newswire
• July 28, 2011

• Through History, Medicines Manage Health

drug safety seminar Sunset Park Place will host a free senior symposium on drug safety. It will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 15. This event will cover: medication storage, expiration dates, disposal of old, unnecessary products, organizational devices, unsafe/safe use of over-the-counter medications, excessive acetaminophen use (common in seniors), vaccines, patient financial assist programs and common insurance issues. From the beginning of time, humankind has sought to resolve and manage the health issues of young and old in the administration of rituals, remedies and medications.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• April 11, 2011

• Think Twice Before Flushing Your Old Medicine

America's pharmaceutical research companies are driven by a commitment to enhance and save lives, and the patient and environmental safety related to our products is a top priority of our industry. That's why we've partnered with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife and the American Pharmacists Association on the SMARxT Disposal Program (www.smarxtdisposal.net). This program educates people on how to safely dispose of medicines and highlights the environmental threat posed from flushing medicines down the toilet. The safe disposal of medication is relevant to everyone's personal health safety and the protection of our environment. Great strides have been made to protect water quality by removing impurities using advanced wastewater treatment technologies. However, because even the b...

• Michigan Chronicle
• August 29, 2009

• Bulletin Board

FUTURE EVENTS * Kanawha County Sheriff's Office will be participating with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in an effort to ensure proper disposal of unused prescription medication from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. During those hours, the public can drop off their unused medications at the Chelyan, Sissonville or St. Albans detachments of the sheriff's office with no questions asked.

• Charleston Gazette
• October 28, 2011

• Nation's First of Its Kind Consumer Medication Return Initiative Creates Momentum for Safe Drug Disposal in the U.S.

To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Dena Rose of Rose Stein Inc. +1-412-481-5807, drose@rosestein.com, for GENCO

• U.S. Newswire
• May 08, 2008

• Health Notes

Schofield Adult Wellness Center in the Schofield Residence Nursing Facility, 3333 Elmwood ?Ave., Town of Tonawanda, will host a free program titled "Don't Flush: Learn Proper Medication ?Disposal" at 11 a.m. Wednesday. A representative from VascuScript Pharmacy will teach ?participants how to dispose of old medications using common household items. Call 995-3851 or ?visit www.schofieldcare.org for reservations. * * *

• Buffalo News
• May 22, 2012