Unwanted Medication Disposal

The age-old advice of flushing pharmaceuticals down the toilet is now considered to be the least desirable of all alternatives. Recent U.S. Geological Survey studies have found traces of painkillers, estrogen, antidepressants, blood-pressure medicines, etc. in water samples from 30 states. Studies have linked hormone exposure to reproductive defects in fish, and environmental exposure to antibiotics to the development of drug resistant germs. Help protect our rivers by properly disposing of unwanted medication at the locations listed below. For additional information click here.  View our commercial. 

Allen County residents have two options for the disposal of unwanted medications:  

Two Days A Year
On April 23 and September 24, 2010 from 9am until 1pm residents can drop-off unwanted medication at the following Walgreen locations:

• Clinton Street at Saint Joe Center Road
• West Jefferson at Getz Road
• Bluffton Road at Lower Huntington Road
• State Street at Wells Street
• Lincoln Highway West at Brookwood in New Haven
• Chapel Ridge at 10170 Maysville Road
• 1701 E. Paulding Road at South Anthony Blvd.
• Cook and Lima Road
• Dupont and Tonkel Road

Year-Round Program
The Allen County TRIAD also sponsors a year-round medication collection program, with support from local police and sheriff's departments. Collection boxes are available at the following police and sheriff posts in Allen County:

ONLY PILLS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS (liquid medications can be dried by adding sawdust, kitty litter, or flour, and then thrown away). More information please call TRIAD 424-3505.