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MEDICATION DRUG DROP

Residents in the Greater Appleton Area now have the opportunity to safely dispose of leftover or expired medications.  This is a free service for residents only.

Coming Earth Day, April 22, 2010 - City of Seymour Police Dept Drug Drop.  Check back for more details.

Please bring your medications to:

City of Appleton Police Department
222 S. Walnut Street, Appleton
24 hours a day - 7 days per week

 

Drug Drop Guidelines

  • Leave medications in their original containers, do not mix pills.
  • Cross off your name, but leave the name of the medication on the bottle.
  • No commercial, business or long term care deposits are allowed.

          Acceptable Items

                Unacceptable Items

  • Unused & Expired Prescription Medications
  • No Sharps (needles, syringes) click here for sharps disposal
  • Over the Counter Medications
  • No Hazardous or Chemical Waste
  • Pet Medications
  • No Lancets
  • Inhalers
  • No Mercury Products
 
  • No Electronic Glucose Monitoring Devices

Pharmaceutical waste constitutes a significant environmental risk, especially to our drinking water. Studies conducted throughout the country have uncovered many of these drugs in our drinking water, and the negative effects of these substances on the general population are only now beginning to be studied and understood.

Pharmaceutical drugs, when abused or taken incorrectly, pose a substantial health risk. Of all of the illegal drugs found in the Fox Cities, more deaths are attributed to the pharmaceutical drug category than all of the other drug types combined.

Click Drug Drop to have a brochure mailed to you

Click here to print your own brochure

Click here to go to Outagamie County Solid Waste Mainpage

Contributor Links

City of Appleton Police Department

http://www.appleton.org/departments/police/

Lake Winnebago Area MEG Unit http://www.co.winnebago.wi.us/LWAM/Index.htm
Community Foundation of the Fox Valley https://www.cffoxvalley.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

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