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    Old 01-05-2015, 05:09 AM
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    Our local fire department collects them
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    Old 01-05-2015, 05:35 AM
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    Here, there is an envelope for purchase at the drug stores. Not free - I have donated non expired ones to a charity that takes them.
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    Old 01-05-2015, 05:52 AM
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    You are so right--medications should NEVER be flushed as they survive the water treatment process and will end up back in your drinking water eventually. Besides the police, our local Medical Association has drop off boxes. Because our municipal trash is incinerated not dumped in a landfill, we can also mix the meds with old grease or coffee grounds then put them in the trash for incineration. The containers are recyclable plastic.
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    Old 01-05-2015, 06:00 AM
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    Originally Posted by nanOmint
    I have a 2 quart bag of outdated oral med. I need to dispose of. We are on a septic system so if I flush them down the toilet they will get into streams and the American River and I understand mess up the wild life environment. Thought about planting them in the garden and let the gophers have at them. Do any of you with medical background have a suggestion?
    Our local Sheriff's office has a drop box for disposing of mess - you may want to check this out.
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    Old 01-05-2015, 08:28 AM
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    I asked my drugstore, the pharmacy told me to smash them with a hammer, mix them with coffee grounds and throw them in the trash.
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    Old 01-05-2015, 08:37 AM
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    Just a thought here ... in this area, coffee grounds go to compost.
    Do they not in other areas??
    If so ... never mix in meds!!

    If going to landfill, it can eventually leach back into the water system.

    If going to incineration .... different story.
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    Old 01-05-2015, 09:46 AM
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    You can take to your doctors office, police station or I've worked with Hospice and we take a diaper (or bed pad). Then place oral meds on it and add water (if the meds are large, I will start to brake the meds up). When you add the water to them they fall apart. Good luck
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    Old 01-05-2015, 09:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by jothesewer2
    I asked my drugstore, the pharmacy told me to smash them with a hammer, mix them with coffee grounds and throw them in the trash.
    Similar to this ... We were told to put them in a coffee grinder with coffee beans.

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    Old 01-05-2015, 10:00 AM
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    Originally Posted by Bubbie
    You can take to your doctors office, police station or I've worked with Hospice and we take a diaper (or bed pad). Then place oral meds on it and add water (if the meds are large, I will start to brake the meds up). When you add the water to them they fall apart. Good luck
    And then how do you dispose of the dissolved meds?
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    Old 01-05-2015, 11:26 AM
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    The police and pharmacies have disposal times during the year. We take them to designated pharmacies and while the police watch we place them in the disposal barrels.
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