The drug and electronic collection event held Oct. 26 at the Violet Township Service Center saw more than 200 vehicles during the collection period.
Our location collected 134.44 pounds of prescription pills and capsules, while three other locations in the community collected a combined total of 121.82 pounds. The one-day event removed 256.26 pounds of drugs from our neighborhoods.
Our community has once again stepped up and taken a proactive approach toward protecting our environment and our community. The event is important because it provides a way to dispose of materials that would negatively impact the environment if flushed down the toilet or sent to the landfill without first removing certain components. This event also eliminates from our medicine cabinets the temptation to abuse prescription drugs.
If you missed the most recent collection event, there are other ways to dispose of unused and expired medications throughout the year. Walgreens will provide special envelopes that can be sealed and dropped into any U.S. Postal Service mailbox and sent to a medication incinerator facility. If ever in doubt as to what to do with your medications, your pharmacist will be able to guide you.
This has become one of the most utilized programs we have implemented. Therefore, the Township and our partners – Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District, Lancaster-Fairfield County Recycling and Litter Prevention, and the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department – will host another event in the spring.
Thank you, concerned residents, for continuing to make this event successful.
