Disposing of meds/supplements - was Re: For those with hair loss......

[Guest guest]

We do have a hazardous waste drop off day. One a year. Miss it and

you're stuck storing that toxic waste 12 more months!

I have always wondered if they don't go through any meds/supps to see if

there is anything with any street resale value, though. LOL. Forgive my

cynicism, but I doubt pain meds etc actually get destroyed.

sol

groupiestuff wrote:

> Call your county/city health department. Where I live, they have set

> day, 1-2 times a month where we can drop off hazardous waste. They

> want the pills all dumped into a plastic bag and they dispose of them.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Once a year??? That's nuts. Everyone would just throw it in the

trash. Costco had a blurb in one of their magazines that they send

to members stating that we could take it to their pharmacy. I tried

taking it and they had no idea what I was talking about. They took

it, but I bet they just trashed it.

jin

>

> We do have a hazardous waste drop off day. One a year. Miss it and

> you're stuck storing that toxic waste 12 more months!

> I have always wondered if they don't go through any meds/supps to

see if

> there is anything with any street resale value, though. LOL.

Forgive my

> cynicism, but I doubt pain meds etc actually get destroyed.

> sol

>

> groupiestuff wrote:

> > Call your county/city health department. Where I live, they have

set

> > day, 1-2 times a month where we can drop off hazardous waste.

They

> > want the pills all dumped into a plastic bag and they dispose of

them.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, once a year, and I bet most people do just throw toxics in the

trash rather that store them until the next hazardous waste drop off day.

I will ask my pharmacist, but I bet they have no way to properly dispose

of unused meds or supplements.

I DO know that when I asked about disposal of used needles they told me

to just put them in a lidded plastic bottle and dispose of in the trash.

They said that is basically what is done with the " toxic " / " sharps "

containers in dr.s offices and the hospital here--they go into the

regular garbage. Unbelievable. (I was giving a pet injections of

penicillin for a year and a half, and at one time had 3 animals all

getting penicillin jabs--so I had a LOT of used needles to dispose of).

sol

groupiestuff wrote:

> Once a year??? That's nuts. Everyone would just throw it in the

> trash. Costco had a blurb in one of their magazines that they send

> to members stating that we could take it to their pharmacy. I tried

> taking it and they had no idea what I was talking about. They took

> it, but I bet they just trashed it.

>