Disposing unused medicines in environment friendly way

[Naveed Yaseen]

While flushing unwanted or expired medications down the toilet is common practice, Health Canada says this may harm the environment.

Here’s how to properly dispose of medications:

Today’s Health Tips

* Check to see if your pharmacy has a drug recycling programme.

* See if your municipality incinerates drugs. If so, take your unused medications to your municipality’s waste disposal depot.

* At least once a year, go through your medicine cabinet and remove prescription drugs that are old or that you no longer take. Dispose of them as suggested above

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