Pharmaceuticals

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Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) - do not place in the garbage or flush down the drain.

• Take to the Household Hazardous Waste Day
• Search for other options on MaketheDrop.com
• Check with your local pharmacy to see if they will take back for proper disposal

Most pharmaceutical containers that are glass or HDPE plastic with twist-off caps (like vitamin bottles) are recyclable via the blue box programme.

Non-recyclable empty pharmaceutical containers and ointment tubes should be placed in the garbage.

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