Before visiting a permanent drop box:
- Review the medication packaging to see if it offers specific disposal instructions. If no instructions are listed, dispose the medication at a permanent drop box or collection event.
- Remove all personal information from the medication packaging. If it is not possible to remove, use a dark marker to cover any personal information.
Upon arrival at a drop box:
- After you insert your medications into a drop box, check to be sure that your items made it into the box by opening the slot again to ensure it is empty and not blocked.
- Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not part of this initiative and should not be placed in collection containers.
Drug deposits by businesses are prohibited. Pharmaceutical waste must come from a household. DO NOT dispose of sharps or needles into drop boxes. Visit the Central Racine County Health Department website for a list of sharps disposal options.
Help keep our village and the environment safe from the misuse of unused and used prescription medications. The focus of the initiative is the removal of potentially dangerous pharmaceutical substances from medicine cabinets and the prevention of medicine deposits into our water supply.
The Prescription Drug Take-Back Day goal is to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the public about the potential for abuse of these medications. Unused or expired medicine should never be flushed or poured down the drain. Water reclamation facilities are not designed to remove all of them and trace amounts of pharmaceuticals are showing up in rivers and lakes around the world.