Clear out medicine cabinet clutter!
Have you checked your cabinets for over-the-counter, prescription pills, syrups, oinments, inhalants and gels lately? If not you might be surprised as to when they expired. Keeping them around raises the chances they might accidentally be ingested by you, a child or a pet. Yet throwing them in the garbage or flushing them down the toilet can contaminate the environment and drinking water. So what do you do? More than 22,000 pharmacies (such as Rite-Aid & Walgreens) now provide pre-addressed, postage-paid disposal envelopes. You simply pop them in the mail and the medications are sent to a safe and secure disposal site. Find one near you at SharpsInc.com/locator. Another option, go to DisposeMyMeds.org and see which pharmacies near you accepts drop-offs of unused medications.