How to dispose of Medications Safely

The Washington statewide Safe Medication Return program launched November 21, 2020. You can now mail your expired or unwanted medications for free OR drop them off at a participating secure kiosk.

There are several ways to safely dispose of your household and pet medications.

1. Return them at drop off location Kiosks.
2. Return them using free, prepaid and preaddressed mailers.
3. Participate in take-back events organized by local authorities to collect and dispose of medications safely.  

You can find drop off locations and find the next take-back event in your area order by clicking this link.  You can also visit medtakebackwashington.org or call 844-4-TakeBack (844-482-5322), TTY 711.  

Chelan-Douglas Health District has Medication Return Mailers available at our office 200 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee Our business hours are Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

 All services are free.  You do not need to provide identification.  

Please do not flush medications down the toilet or dispose of them in the trash.  

• Safely dispose of Unused Medication Pdf English 
• Safely dispose of Unused Medications pdf Spanish‍

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https://safeneedledisposal.org/state-search/

Sources:

https://nida.nih.gov/

Safe Medication Return | Washington State Department of Health

Grant County Health District, WA | Official Website

https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/

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