(MI) Grand Rapids Press – There is a new prescription for all those unused pills in the medicine cabinet: Incineration.
Wyoming this fall plans to launch a medicine collection program in partnership with about 25 pharmacies in the city. The effort aims to get excess drugs beyond the reach of children and other unauthorized users without flushing them into the sewer system and, ultimately, into area drinking water.
“The main thing is just getting rid of it,” said City Councilman Jack Poll, a pharmacist. “There are just a ton of prescription drugs sitting in people’s homes and, obviously, the easiest thing to do is dump them in the trash or flush them down the toilet.” More