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Guide to Hard-to-Recycle Materials
Select a Hard to Recycle Material.
Guide to Recycling -- 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.
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