Eco-Cycle's A to Z Recycling Guide

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Eco-Cycle's A to Z Recycling Guide

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A-Z Recycling Guide -- Prescription Medications

Check with your local hospitals and pharmacies to see if they have take-back programs. Find out what medications they are able to take. If you aren't able to find a take-back program:

Take unused, unneeded, or expired medications out of their orginal containers
Mix the medications with an undesirable substance, like used coffee grounds or kitty litter, and put them in impermeable, non-descript containers, such as empty cans or sealable bags, further ensuring that the drugs are not diverted or accidentally ingested by children or pets

See the City of Longmont's SMARxT Pharmaceutical Disposal website for more information on water quality issues caused by improper disposal of medications.

Medical wastes, medicines, and sharps require special handling and disposal. Do not recycle them or their containers. Call Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Solid Waste Section, 303-692-3437 or 303-692-3320, or refer to their website at ww.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/hhw/hhwtable.htm for more information. You may also contact Boulder County Public Health at 303-441-1100.

Good Day Pharmacy
Longmont Clinic
1925 West Mountain View Avenue
Longmont, CO 80501
303-776-0709
http://www.gooddaypharmacy.com
Good Day Pharmacy will take and incinerate all unwanted pharmaceuticals except controlled substances. Solids and liquids accepted. Check their website for other Colorado locations.

The Starfish Project
www.thestarfishproject.org
The Starfish Project collects the unused medications from patients in the United States who have stopped or changed their antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. They also collect some antibiotics, TB medicines, anit-fungals, anti-virals and select others. All drugs have patient identification removed before they are sorted, labeled, and shipped to their partner clinics in Nigeria. Visit their website for more information about the program and to see which medications they can accept.