MN2020: Remedy for Medication Disposal
Channel: Minnesota 2020
Date: 2012-07-18

A new partnership between Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and county level law enforcement is both preventing pharmaceutical drug abuse and protecting our environment. When over-the-counter prescriptions or the most basic medications expire, new policy encourages citizens to dispose of them properly at collection boxes.
The Ramsey County Law Enforcement center has a nondescript receptacle that together with another location has disposed of 2,661 pounds of medications since it launched a year ago.
County sheriffs want these unused controlled substances out of household cabinets, and the MPCA wants it properly discarded so it stays out of our waterways.
Here's a toolkit for spreading the word to consumers about proper pharmaceutical disposal across Minnesota.